Innovation Needs More Than Ideas. It Needs Safety
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about innovation. It’s a topic that comes up all the time in my work – usually framed as a desire for better ideas, more initiative, more strategic thinking. All good things. But as I’ve been sitting with recent conversations and...
Innovation Isn’t a Brainstorm. It’s a Behavior.
Last week a leader told me, “I need my team to be more innovative.” I hear that a lot. And when I dig a little deeper, what they usually mean is: We want better ideas. More strategic thinking. Less reactivity, more initiative. All fair. But here’s...
Not Every Gargoyle Is a Gargoyle – What Oxford’s stone carvings taught me about misreading team tension
Since arriving in Oxford, I’ve become slightly obsessed with gargoyles. Or… what I thought were gargoyles. The 13th- and 14th-century buildings here are covered in faces, monsters, mythical creatures, and bits of nature carved into stone. I find myself constantly...
Culture Is Created in the Moments We Skip
Culture doesn’t die in one big moment.It withers in a thousand small ones. Things are very, very busy right now. If you feel overwhelmed and too stretched to take care of the “little things,” you’re not alone. Almost every leader I’m working with is juggling more than...
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