Insights
The psychology of leadership, written down.
Essays and field notes from inside the work: how leaders think under pressure, how teams really move, and why change holds or doesn't. Written for leaders, not algorithms.
The Psychology of the Partial Exit
Successful founder-to-chair transitions require rigorous self-regulation and strict behavioral boundaries to prevent dual-authority dynamics from undermining the new CEO.
The library
Every essay, by pillar.
Each piece sits under one of the five pillars of our practice. Filter by the one you're working on, or search for a situation you recognize.
The Psychology of the Partial Exit
Successful founder-to-chair transitions require rigorous self-regulation and strict behavioral boundaries to prevent dual-authority dynamics from undermining the new CEO.
The Cognitive Cost of the Unflappable Leader
Suppressing emotion under pressure degrades a leader’s cognitive capacity and fractures team trust, whereas active emotional regulation preserves the clarity required for strategic decision-making.
The accountability you've been measuring is the accountability you can't move.
Why most enterprise dashboards calcify the behaviors leaders are trying to change, and what to measure instead.
When your top team agrees on everything, you have a problem.
Strategic disagreement is a leading indicator of psychological safety, and a lagging one when it disappears.
Notes on a diagnostic that doesn't moralize.
The difference between an assessment that names a behavior and one that judges it, and why only one of them gets used.
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Field notes
Short observations.
Briefer pieces from client memos, talks and the margins of the work.
A note from the editor
We publish when the work has taught us something worth holding onto.
Five pillars
What we write about, and why.
The same five pillars organize our consulting and our coaching. Reading under one is a good way to find out how we'd think about your situation.
Self-Mastery & Executive Psychology
Awareness of pattern, regulation under pressure, and the unromantic practice of knowing oneself in role.
Strategic Thinking & Decision Architecture
Frameworks for the decisions that compound, and the discipline to use them when the room is hot.
Communication, Influence & Relational Leadership
Language that carries weight without losing warmth. Influence that doesn't require performance.
Team Dynamics & Culture Engineering
The patterns underneath the org chart. We surface them, then redesign the conditions that produce them.
Organizational Systems & Change Psychology
Change that begins with understanding lasts longer. We help systems metabolise change instead of resisting it.
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Every essay comes out of the work we do with organizations and the leaders inside them. If one of them describes where you are, we should talk.