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Always Overestimate the Time it Takes to Complete a Task or Project
Chin-Ning Chu is one of my favorite authors. I first heard about her, when Dan Kennedy recommended Thick Face Black Heart as an essential read in cultivating the right mindset. The book fuses the wisdom of the East and West, and explores how ancient Asian battle strategies and cultural mindsets can be applied today to…
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Can You Learn to Think Like a Strategist?
I think most people expect the answer to be yes. Of course you can learn to think strategically. There are courses, frameworks, models, canvases, playbooks… entire industries built on the premise that strategy is a transferable skill, something you acquire the way you acquire Excel or public speaking. Learn the logic, apply the method, get…
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Decluttering isn’t about letting go, it’s about getting clear
In 2025, decluttering has quietly shifted from being about cleaning up to something far more consequential: alignment. Not just of space, but of energy, values, and direction. It’s no longer about having less for the sake of minimalism, but about intentionally curating what remains so your environment actually reflects who you are now and where…
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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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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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Validate yourself First
There’s a pattern I’ve seen — not just in clients, but in myself, in peers, in brilliant professionals who second-guess instead of lead: Waiting for someone else to see it and say something first. We wait for external confirmation — a reaction, applause, a nod, a yes — before we allow ourselves to fully believe…
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 