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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: skills

  • Never lose your student mindset

    If I had the opportunity to start over, as in from primary, through secondary and then on to university, I’d be a much better student. I wouldn’t waste time complaining about things I can’t control – like teachers’ personalities, and homework and I’d focus more on learning and being more curious about subjects, even those…

    Giselle

    July 23, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧠 Zone of Genius, Strategic Sensemaking
    ai, big vision, economic uncertainty, experience, expertise, growth, growth-mindset, knowledge, learning, mastery, mindset, opportunity, personal development, personal growth, personal-development, self-improvement, skills, student, talent
  • Eliminate the unnecessary…

    …to get to the essential. How do you determine what is essential to you and your business? Commit to creating some transformation in the world. Transformation that leverages your skills and talents. Then start talking about it…and don’t stop. JASON LEISTER In the book of Ichigo Ichie, authors Garcia and Miralles share in the chapter…

    Giselle

    July 7, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧠 Zone of Genius, Strategic Sensemaking
    authenticity, distractions, knowing yourself, leverage, personal leadership, principles of life, skills, talents, the power of now, The Science of Getting Rich, transformation, zen teachings, Zone of Genius
  • Competency without alignment = Burnout

    You have the vision, the framework, your plan of action. You design a roadmap for execution and you determine criteria for measuring impact. This is clear, crisp and linear. Yet things still fall apart. Some say competency might be the missing link; but I’d argue that competency without alignment just leads to burnout! In my…

    Giselle

    July 5, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧠 Zone of Genius, Strategic Sensemaking
    Alignment, burnout, capability, competency, energetic congruence, framework, motivational drivers, purpose, skills, strategic alignment, strategy, vision, Zone of Genius
  • When Talent Becomes a Gift…

    We don’t get to choose our natural talents but we do get to choose what we do with those talents we’ve been given. Talent by itself is not enough. We have to first identify those not so obvious talents. Next we need to work toward improving upon our talents. But beware of those natural talents…the ones…

    Giselle

    November 8, 2014
    Strategic Sensemaking
    discipline, habits, natural talents, skills, winning
  • The Greatest Asset in Your Business? – YOU!

    In financial accounting, assets are economic resources. Anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset. Tangible assets are physical, material and financial resources, such as: plant machinery office equipment and Intangible assets are valuable resources…

    Giselle

    February 24, 2012
    Strategic Sensemaking
    assets, business model, journaling, Shawn Driscoll, Sir Richard Branson, skills, talents, The Positivity Blog, values
  • The Last Remaining Competitive Advantage

    Whenever the economy is volatile – businesses tighten their belts. This is a good thing. In better times there is a tendency to not look too hard at what is being spent. There’s more money to go around and many activities get the ‘ok’ from top management. When things are tight however, immediately the ‘luxury’…

    Giselle

    August 18, 2011
    Strategic Sensemaking
    convergent thinking, divergent thinking, Edwards Deming, Gallup Organization, James K. Clifton, Liam Hudson, profit margins, sales, skills, talent, volatile economy
  • Why hindsight is ALWAYS 20-20

    Today I had a first meeting with a potential customer. We all have a story to tell and as she painted her own picture, I saw many roads that brought her to this point where she was today – setting up business in Trinidad and Tobago. Then she paused and asked me a bit about…

    Giselle

    September 14, 2010
    Strategic Sensemaking
    articles, buzz pieces, clients, gifts, hindsight, information rich pieces, journey, photography stories, purpose, skills, talents
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