You can’t control what’s coming. You can become ready.
Mental models and practical tools to help you think clearly, navigate uncertainty, and manage the scary parts of work and life.
PROJECT HEISENBERG SERIES
Your team needs a realistic deadline. Your CIO needs to know whether the investment is worth it. Understand how senior leaders make project decisions, and how you can contribute beyond reporting delivery progress.
Follow Richard and Anand through the decisions behind a major project. Learn to question the business case, challenge commitments your team can’t support, and explain what has to give when another “urgent” priority arrives.
THE BUILDERS WORKSHOP SERIES
You want to build something of your own. You also have a day job, bills and limited time. See how AI can lower the cost of trying, and how the experience you already have gives you a place to start.
Come behind the scenes of Scary Management to see how I organise knowledge, give AI different jobs and keep work moving between sessions. Take another look at the idea you thought you couldn’t afford to try.
THE FORCES BEHIND THE LEADER SERIES
Your team needs answers. Your boss wants results. You’re still working out how to carry the responsibility.
Follow Thandi through five short stories about holding your ground, sharing the load and staying yourself as you grow into leadership.
DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAM SERIES
Everyone agrees in the meeting. Afterwards, the objections emerge, commitments drift and you’re chasing the same work again. Understand what’s breaking down beneath your team’s results, and where to start fixing it.
Join the Avengers through Patrick Lencioni’s five dysfunctions of a team. Learn to build trust, make disagreement useful, get clear commitments and help people hold one another accountable for shared results.
THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADER SERIES
You’ve rehearsed the conversation. Then one comment puts you on the defensive. Learn to notice your own reactions, stay steadier under pressure and keep difficult conversations honest.
With a little help from Star Wars, see how your responses to disagreement, mistakes and bad news shape what your team feels safe telling you, and how to handle those moments with greater awareness.
FIRST 100 DAYS SERIES
Your new team wants direction. Your boss expects progress. You’re still learning how things actually work. Build the relationships and understanding you need to decide where to focus in your first hundred days.
Join me and the A-Team to work through listening, shaping a strategy, securing early wins and adapting when the plan meets reality. Give your start a plan you can explain, and change as you learn.
