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26 July 2026Blog Post

Article (6.06): 97 Ways to Get What You Want

A chief executive can control the budget, the strategy or who gets promoted, yet still be unable to get one direct report to say what is actually going wrong on […]
12 July 2026Blog Post

Article (Cheeky Half 41): Human dignity in the age of AI.

Most AI commentary settles into one of two registers. In the doomsday version, the technology is coming for the jobs, and the reckoning is overdue. In the utopian version, it […]
28 June 2026Blog Post

Article (6.05): Leading with an Open Heart

The inner critic has a gift. That’s not what you’d expect from a voice that’s been calling you a loser for much of your life, but Steve Ray, a groupwork […]
14 June 2026Blog Post

Article (Cheeky Half 40): AI is not just a tool. It’s a reflection of who we are.

Think of AI as a mirror. Whatever quality of thinking a person brings to it, it reflects back, amplified. That observation cuts across the two rails that most AI discourse […]
31 May 2026Blog Post

Article (6.04) A Kaleidoscope, Not a Recipe: Systemic Leadership in Polycrisis

Edinburgh, early 1990s. A young woman working in drug education walks out of another meeting that has produced nothing. She falls into step beside the head of the local drug […]
24 May 2026Blog Post

Article (Cheeky Half 39). Did you experience A LOT OF stress yesterday? You aren’t alone.

If you can’t see the embedded player above this line, click here. There is something impressive about releasing a 251-page report and leading with a headline that is technically true and […]
26 April 2026Blog Post

Article (Ep 6.03). Leading through Consciousness: Seeing Things ‘As They Are’.

If you can’t see the embedded player above this line, click here. There is a point in most leadership conversations where an idea becomes recognisable. A penny drops. Like walking […]
16 July 2023Blog Post

Courageous Leadership

TL;DR Courageous leadership is so much more than stepping up to take decisive action or making bold gestures. It involves a more nuanced approach to embracing vulnerability, shame, and emotional […]
16 July 2023Blog Post

Can Leadership be learned?

TL;DR When it comes to leadership, a persistent question continues to linger for those who study it in one form or another: Is leadership an innate attribute, or is it […]