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What I’m Changing about my Practice as a Leader
Leadership is complex, but not for the reasons we usually give. It’s not complex because people are difficult.It’s not complex because the work is unknowable.It’s not even complex because the future is uncertain. It’s complex because, as humans, we are carrying multiple systems at the same time and pretending they’re one. We collapse them into…
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Be Wary of Predictions – Why Alignment Outlasts Forecasts
We are terrible at predicting the future, but very good at letting predictions shape our behavior. That gap matters more than we’d like to admit. Predictions rarely arrive as neutral observations. They come wrapped in authority, data, confidence, and often urgency. They promise structure in a world that feels unstable. And because humans are wired…
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The Space Between Knowing and Doing
In every team, every family, every country… a silence shows up…one that lives right in that narrow passage between what people say they understand and what they actually do. It’s a strange little corridor. You can’t always see it, but you can feel the drag of it. Plans begin with clarity, but the execution lags…
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Own the Haystack, not the Needle
John “Jack” Bogle was never the loudest voice in finance, but he reshaped the world of investing more than almost anyone who ever touched the industry. He founded Vanguard in 1975, built the first index fund for everyday investors, and spent his entire career arguing that most of Wall Street’s noise was theatre — expensive,…
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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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You Can’t Solve Spherical Problems with Flat Thinking
You can’t solve spherical problems with flat thinking…and yet, so much of leadership, decision-making, and strategy still operates as if reality will eventually cooperate if we just simplify it enough. Straight lines. Clean answers. Either/or choices. The problem is that many of the situations we’re navigating now…in organizations, in systems, in our own lives…aren’t flat…
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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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When Staying With the Question Matters More than the Path
Joseph Campbell was a scholar of mythology, religion, and literature, best known for articulating what later came to be called the hero’s journey — the underlying narrative pattern shared across myths, religions, and modern stories across cultures and centuries. His work went on to influence writers, filmmakers, and artists in ways most people now absorb…
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When Love Becomes a Business Strategy
In 2002, long before empathy and authenticity became boardroom buzzwords, Tim Sanders wrote a small but subversive book called Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. His thesis was radical for its time: Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other. He called people who practiced this…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 