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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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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.

Tag: leading

  • How to Master the Art of Allowing

    Last week I was handed an unscheduled hour. My client was late. Not five minutes late. Late enough that the morning had to reorganize itself. So I stepped onto the balcony of the coffee shop, cup warming my hands, Port of Spain moving at its usual half-hurried rhythm below, and ran into someone I’ve known…

    Giselle

    February 18, 2026
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations
    Competence, effective, excellence, leading, permission, present moment, The art of allowing, vigilance
  • What are the 3 Faces of Courage in Business?

    Courage is one of the four cardinal virtues in Stoicism – alongside wisdom, justice, and temperance. These virtues form the backbone of Stoic ethics, guiding us toward a life rooted in reason, integrity, and alignment. The Stoics describe courage as the ability to face fear, adversity, and hardship not with bravado, but with resilient clarity.…

    Giselle

    November 18, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations
    aligned leadership, Alignment, courage, four Stoic Virtues, leading, release, scaling, Stoicism, strategy, trust, virtues
  • Turn words into work

    When he was in second grade, Harry Truman came down with a rare bacterial infection that paralyzed his arms and legs. The boy who could hardly stand to be indoors was suddenly and helplessly bedridden. “That’s when he started reading,” Truman’s sister recalled. “He couldn’t do anything else.” He read so much that when, miraculously…

    Giselle

    June 14, 2021
    Strategic Sensemaking
    action, Alignment, leadership, leading, learning, memes, Rachel Carson, reading
  • The World According to Garp et al

    Not because it works for you makes it right! I’m struggling with this right now – my world – the world according to Giselle. Isn’t that how it is for most of us? Our frame of reference, beliefs, conditionings over long stretches of time create what we call our truth and we lock into and…

    Giselle

    April 17, 2011
    Strategic Sensemaking
    leading, learning, our world, Pema Chodron, practice, to teach, trust, World according to Garp
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