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What causes talented people, strong teams and successful organizations to lose their way?
I’m currently reading Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, former President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation. In his introduction he shares: What makes Pixar special is that we acknowledge we will always have problems, many of them hidden from our view; that we work hard to uncover these problems, even if doing so means making…
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Human Beings are Messy Data Sets
This is one of the reasons alignment is so difficult, whether in families, teams, businesses, or entire organizations. Systems are relatively straightforward. A process follows a sequence. A policy establishes boundaries. A workflow defines how something should move from one stage to the next. If something goes wrong, you can often trace the breakdown, identify…
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Conversion of Knowledge of Acquaintance into Knowledge About Is a Risky Exercise
My WHY, according to the WHY Institute, is Make Sense. When I first encountered the WHY.os framework, I remember feeling a strange sense of recognition. The WHY Institute describes a WHY as the fundamental motivation that drives a person’s behavior, decisions, and way of seeing the world. In their model, the WHY is expressed through…
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Are You Building Your Business/Life Around the Wrong Story?
There is a difference between noticing what is broken and building a life around brokenness. I have been thinking about that distinction quite a bit lately because I am realizing how easy it is, especially when you are observant, perceptive, analytical, and deeply aware of patterns, to become someone who spends more time diagnosing reality…
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Leadership behaviour is hardly ever questioned seriously
Discussed? Yes. Constantly. Employees discuss it amongst themselves. Citizens discuss it amongst themselves. Families discuss it amongst themselves after political speeches, church meetings, board meetings, management changes and community fallout. Entire organizations can quietly organize themselves around the behavioural patterns of one leader while pretending the real issue is workflow, morale, communication or “culture.” But…
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Sound Teaching without Sound Conduct is Pointless
Our world has become a cathedral of commentary. Everywhere you turn, there’s a voice… a take… a thread… a live… a breakdown of what should be done, how it should be done, and why everyone else is getting it wrong. The volume is impressive. The access is unprecedented. And somewhere in all of it, the…
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 