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.
UNEXPECTED LEADER SERIES
Someone believes you’re ready to lead. You’re still working out what that means.The Unexpected Leader is a five-part series exploring the move into management: accepting responsibility, facing doubt, learning while leading, finding your principles and beginning relationships with your team.
Through Thandi’s first steps as a manager and lessons from my own experience, we explore the awkward choices behind the job title. Each episode offers a useful question and one practical move to take into your working week.
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 know your job. You know your people. You know what good leadership looks like. So why can one comment make you defensive, one meeting leave your team silent, or one difficult decision destroy trust? Leadership isn't just about managing the work. It's about managing what happens inside you, between people, and across your team.
Through everyday management dilemmas and memorable Star Wars moments, explore five emotional intelligence skills that help you respond better under pressure, understand what people aren't saying, and build a team that trusts you enough to tell you the truth.
FIRST 100 DAYS SERIES
You're the new leader. Your team is watching. Your boss expects results. And you're still figuring out how everything works.Move too quickly and you risk fixing the wrong problems. Move too slowly and you risk losing credibility.Your first 100 days are about more than making a good impression. They're about understanding the situation, choosing where to focus, delivering meaningful results and building momentum that lasts.
Join me and the A-Team for four essential leadership moves: listen like Faceman, strategise like Hannibal, execute like BA and adapt like Murdock.And discover what happens when a carefully designed leadership plan meets real life.
