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What You’re Pretending Not to Notice Is Still Running Your Business & Life
Most people think their biggest barriers are external: Difficult people, slow systems, economic pressure, unpredictable environments. But far more often, the real barrier is internal: the things they’re pretending not to notice. Avoidance looks passive, but it isn’t. Avoidance is an active choice—one that silently hands authority over to patterns, habits, and dynamics we’ve stopped…
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How to Master the Leadership Skills, AI will Never Replace
My friend Julie Winkle Giulioni recently recommended an MIT Sloan Management Review article which made a striking observation: AI has democratized knowledge so completely that “expertise” can no longer be defined by who has the answers. Because now? Everyone has the answers. The article argues that the true value of leadership is shifting — away…
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Do You Have Customer Relationships or Hostages?
Noah Fleming shared this story about a $20M company, a top sales guy who “owned” every major client, and a president quietly panicking because this top sales guy had resigned and was taking half the revenue with him. Noah asked a simple but disarming question: Do you have customer relationships… or do you have hostages?…
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When Your Flaw Becomes the Frame
Sunny is one of those shows that sounds chaotic when summarised but unfolds with a surprising confidence. Rashida Jones plays Suzie Sakamoto, a grieving woman in near-future Japan who’s paired with a homebot her husband secretly built before he and their son disappeared. What follows is a slow-burn blend of grief, mystery, sci-fi, and dark…
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Why Some Small Companies Outlast the “Greats”
When I first met Bo Burlingham years ago during his visit to Trinidad, I didn’t fully appreciate who I was standing in front of. I knew him as the author of Small Giants, but not the full depth of his influence. I didn’t know then that Bo was one of the most respected business thinkers…
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How to Stop Fear from Killing Creativity
Michael Jackson never needed an introduction. By the time This Is It was announced, the world understood exactly what it meant for him to return to the stage. Not a comeback…a resurrection of genius. A promise that the greatest showman alive was about to deliver something only he could imagine. And then… it never happened.…
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The Hidden Story Behind How we Think
I’ve always paid attention to the way we try to explain thinking… how we map it, categorise it, make it teachable. I came across a framework recently that grouped thinking into four modalities — critical, systems, strategic, design. It’s tidy. It’s appealing. It’s simple and makes what could be an extremely complicated topic…palatable. And yet……
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In Favour of Giving Things Up (In Business)
Renunciation in personal life involves mentally letting go of unhealthy habits, attachments, and excessive desires to foster inner peace and spiritual growth. Practices include: Renunciation in business however, isn’t addressed quite as often. I’m not talking about sacrifice… or deprivation…or moral purity. I am talking about renunciation as the deliberate act of letting something go so that…
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On Strategy, Stories & What Actually Lives Inside a Plan
I didn’t walk into the Fundable & Findable book club expecting much. Don’t get me wrong… after following Kevin for some time and eventually buying his book, I knew the discussion would be rich; but I still assumed it would be one of those large, impersonal webinars where your camera stays off, your mic stays…
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Why a Tired Mind Calls Progress Failure
There are days when nothing is actually wrong, yet everything feels off.Days when even the smallest task feels heavier than it should. Days when the mind, already stretched thin, starts whispering that nothing is working. Beneath that reaction is this: A tired mind distorting reality.A fearful mind misreading signals. And both of them turning ordinary…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 