I’ve led in some of the most uncertain, high-stakes environments imaginable – operating 400 feet below the surface on a billion-dollar nuclear submarine. And I’ve learned that turbulent times don’t just reveal the strength of your strategy. They reveal the strength of your leadership system. Whether underwater or in a boardroom, the principles remain the …
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The bottleneck isn’t bandwidth. It’s control. In high-performing organizations, speed isn’t just a competitive advantage. It’s a survival skill. But if decisions still need to be reviewed, escalated, and re-approved by the top before action is taken, then you’re not operating fast—you’re stalling progress. The world has transformed. Complexity is local. Change is constant. The …
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Everyone’s talking about balance. But maybe what we really need is a reason to show up. We’ve elevated “work-life balance” into a modern mantra. But for most of human history, the idea would’ve seemed absurd. No Cro-Magnon hunter skipped the pursuit of a mammoth to focus on self-care. No medieval blacksmith paused forging horseshoes to …
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