A Field Guide to the Unruly Art of Leadership

Feral instincts, bold thinking, and breaking the rules that need breaking. Includes tea.

Inclusion as a Reverent Practice and Love culture equity generative leadership inclusion values Feb 12, 2025

I have spent my career protecting spaces. Not because someone assigned me the role. Not because it was convenient or rewarded. But because I could see what was needed—and once you see, you can’t look away.

I have protected structures built to outlast me. I have protected conditions I knew I would never personally benefit from. I have protected spaces where I was not fully welcome—and never would ...

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When It's Time to Use the F Word with High Performers... Feedback coaching courage culture feedback performance Feb 05, 2025

The Leadership Dilemma: High Performers Who Can’t Hear It

Let’s talk about high performers—you know, the ones who show up early, stay late, and manage to nail every deadline. The ones who are outperforming the team, doing it with style, and setting an unspoken gold standard for what excellence looks like. We love them, right? We also know that sometimes, the higher the pedestal, the harder the fa...

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Who Are The Curious? How Restless Thinkers Are Changing Leadership adaptive leadership culture generative leadership leadership development resilient leadership seeds of potential Feb 01, 2025

 Some people have always known they were different—restless, questioning, wired for exploration. They never fit neatly into the leadership boxes offered to them.

Others learned to hide it. They adapted, put on the trappings of traditional leadership, followed the rules, played it safe. They did what was expected. And yet—something felt off.

If you’ve ever felt like there’s a different way to lea...

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Hybrid Work Isn’t About Zoom Fatigue. It’s About Trust. adaptive leadership generative leadership hybrid teams inclusion intention trust Jan 22, 2025

Hybrid work isn’t just about flexible schedules and Zoom fatigue. It’s about trust—or, more often, the lack of it.

When half the team’s remote and the other half’s bonding over office bagels, it’s easy for people to feel disconnected, misaligned, or just plain left out. Lack of intention can magnify the sense of disconnect. 

But here’s the thing: trust isn’t a “nice to have” in hybrid teams. It’...

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The Seeds of Potential: Growth That Can’t Be Contained adaptive leadership inclusion integration intention leadership development seeds of potential Jan 17, 2025

Growth doesn’t happen in a straight line. It doesn’t fit neatly into a corporate leadership model, and it sure as hell doesn’t follow a five-step process.

Real growth—the kind that transforms you, stretches you, and makes you into something you didn’t even know you could be—is unpredictable. It happens in spirals, in surges, in moments of gut-wrenching doubt and electrifying c...

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The Mycelium of Inclusion: Composting Dead Culture adaptive leadership culture generative leadership inclusion integration seeds of potential Jan 15, 2025

What do forests and organizations have in common? Both live or die by their networks.

Beneath the surface of every thriving forest lies its secret to survival: the mycelium. This vast underground fungal network doesn’t just connect roots—it redistributes nutrients, fortifies resilience, and sustains life itself. It’s not optional; it’s essential.

Now, imagine that soil is dead—compacted, strippe...

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