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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: Strategic Sensemaking

  • Some Things Are Worth Rushing. Others Should Move Caterpillar Slow

    I was watching Landman. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a grounded, character-driven series set in the oil fields of West Texas. Less spectacle, more consequence. A show about work, power, family, and the long shadows decisions cast over time. The drama doesn’t come from twists. It comes from what people live with. In one…

    Giselle

    December 15, 2025
    Strategic Sensemaking
    clarity, courage, decision making, discernment, Landman, mastery, optimization, respect, scale, speed, Strategic Sensemaking
  • How to Master the Leadership Skills, AI will Never Replace

    My friend Julie Winkle Giulioni recently recommended an MIT Sloan Management Review article which made a striking observation: AI has democratized knowledge so completely that “expertise” can no longer be defined by who has the answers. Because now? Everyone has the answers. The article argues that the true value of leadership is shifting — away…

    Giselle

    December 4, 2025
    🧠 Zone of Genius
    ai, Artificial Intelligence, identity led capabilities, judgment, leadership, leadership skills, MIT Sloan Management Review, sensemaking, Strategic Sensemaking, technical competencies
  • You Don’t Need to Know How to Reach the Goal—You Need to Know How to Prepare to Receive It

    I’ve followed a lot of plans in my time. And after all that planning?…🦗Crickets. It wasn’t that the tactics were bad. It’s that they weren’t mine. They weren’t born from alignment. They weren’t shaped in a space of clarity and truth. They were just borrowed roadmaps for someone else’s mountain. What I didn’t know then…

    Giselle

    April 16, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🔄 Client Systems, 🧠 Zone of Genius, Strategic Sensemaking
    Business MRI, Dan Rockwell, energetic integrity, inspired by Emerson, Leadership Freak, Napoleon Hill’s wisdom modernized, preparation to receive, strategic clarity, Strategic Sensemaking, vision + action
  • the power and profitability of your business lies in asserting your uniqueness

    Respect your own opinions more and those of others less, especially when it comes to your areas of expertise, to the field you have immersed yourself in. ROBERT GREENE – The Laws of Human Nature – The Law of Repression When we are young we cannot do anything other than express who we really are.…

    Giselle

    January 18, 2023
    Strategic Sensemaking
    being who you are, power, profitability, Robert Greene, Strategic Sensemaking, The Velveteen Rabbit, uniqueness, your true self
  • the effort from good to great gets easier when you’re aligned

    What counts can often not be counted, and what is counted often doesn’t count. How do you measure progress, in your life, in your business? What are you counting? I started to think more deeply about this when I considered how much energy it takes to birth our dreams. After reading Maria Nemeth’s book, Mastering…

    Giselle

    January 17, 2023
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Danica Trebel, faith, find your why, Maria Nemeth, Mastering Life, Mastering Life Energy, mastery, measurement, Napoleon Hill, persistence, Robert Greene, simon sinek, Strategic Sensemaking, Think and Grow Rich, Why detector, Why OS
  • It doesn’t matter your level of success…

    No matter your level of success, if you encounter a challenge, the solution comes from asking the right questions, digging deep, being truthful and discovering what works for you. Franchises have figured out operations and product – marketing is up to you. You may take onboard a tried and true consultative approach but it’s still…

    Giselle

    May 29, 2020
    Strategic Sensemaking
    critical thinking, curiosity, opportunity discernment, self-awareness, self-discipline, self-worth, Strategic Sensemaking
  • Do You Have a Daily Ritual/Practice?

    It’s a real question 🙂 I am not trying to sell you on adopting one that I’ve adopted that works. I am curious…that’s all. Let me know in the comments below. I’ve found that without some kind of ritual, I get easily lost in distraction…slipping down Facebook rabbit holes, getting roped into a story that’s…

    Giselle

    October 25, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    daily ritual, exercise, gratitude, Strategic Sensemaking, taking purposeful action, vision
  • Stop Telling People to Find/List their Passions

    It screws them up. Whenever we talk about finding something it means that we don’t have it and we need to go look for it.  It’s out  there somewhere and if we can only find it, then we can do something with it. The Future of HR: What’s next for the profession was the name of…

    Giselle

    June 13, 2014
    Strategic Sensemaking
    giftedness, HRMATT, job fit, Richard Branson, self knowledge, Strategic Sensemaking, wrong job
  • There Are No Guarantees

    I spend quite a bit of time in my head – trying to figure things out. I love structure. I want the comfort of knowing that once I follow the RIGHT steps or the PRESCRIBED steps of those who went before that I would arrive safely at my intended destination, sans surprises! Needless to say…

    Giselle

    May 23, 2014
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Alan Weiss, braveblogging, Discovery Coaching, Illana Burk, no guarantee, organization, road blocks, setbacks, Start Something, Strategic Sensemaking, structure, Tami Smith, The Dawning Point, The Entrepreneurial Equation, The Isolation Process™, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Not Producing Results? You Might Be Out of Alignment on the Inside

    There’s a quote I absolutely love by well known marketing strategist Beth A Grant where she says “No amount of marketing is ever going to make up for being out of alignment on the inside.” If you’re not getting consistent results in your life, this may very well be the case. You are not in…

    Giselle

    November 8, 2013
    Strategic Sensemaking
    being professional, inside out living, lack of results, misalignment, performance, self-betrayal, Strategic Sensemaking, who you are
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