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What Happens When Integrators Try to Live Inside Specialist Templates?
For a long time I thought my life made no sense on paper. If you lined up my work history the way a career counselor would, it looked scattered. Laboratory work. Sales. Marketing. Workshops. Systems thinking. Copywriting. Organizational behavior. Training. Consulting. Framework-building. None of it followed the clean arc we’re taught to admire. I kept…
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The Hidden Tax of Influence and the Real Cost of Outsourcing Transformation
In a recent New York Times Magazine interview, [you can listen to the interview here], Brené Brown named something rare that and also costly. She described the “care tax”—the hidden toll of being treated as a national therapist, expected not only to share ideas but to absorb people’s deepest stories of pain and trauma. After…
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Doing Whatever it Takes is Always What it Takes…
We’ve become lazy. Lazy thinkers for starters. The advent of the search engine has left us with a sense that whatever we need to know we can simply “Google it.” We feel assured that we will find the answers we need immediately. We have become accustomed to finding the answers we need to live the…
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Curiosity Killed the Cat…
…is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation. A less frequently-seen rejoinder to “curiosity killed the cat” is “, but satisfaction brought it back”. Hannah G’s explanation of the meaning of this proverb is basically that your curiosity can get you in a lot of trouble and lots of other…
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If Your Business Plan & Model are Based on Fictitious Assumptions You’re Finished BEFORE You Even Start!
So many great ideas out there but none are getting implemented because the banks won’t lend and investors won’t invest. The world has never been without dreamers. Everyone has a great idea and most think that all it takes is MONEY to get it done. We fixate, we obsess on money. Even non-profits experience this…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 