What My Daughter Taught Me About the Stories We Tell Ourselves
My daughter was 10 years old, my son 12. It was one of the most difficult conversations of my life. How do you explain to a 10 and 12 year old that you are no…
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Connection to Community · Connection to Others · Connection to Self · Emotional Connection (Presence)
The $8.8 Trillion Tax: A CEO’s Guide to the Global Emotional Recession
“The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, and even greater than that associated with obesity and physical inactivity.” — Our Epidemic of…
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Defying the Trust Gap
How to Use AI Without Losing the Human Have you ever sat across from someone in financial services who clearly knew their stuff, but something felt off? Maybe the answers felt a little too polished….
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“I’ve Got a Lead for You”: A Story of Tragedy, Connection, and the Main Stage
Why the future of gathering isn’t about what attendees know, but who they become to one another. Note: All stories are shared with permission. Note: References and resources are at the bottom of the article….
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Leading in the Dark: Why Vulnerability Is Your Most Critical Leadership Tool
It’s 3:00 a.m. The sky is black and my headlamp is fading. I’m on the Tahoe Rim Trail high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I’m over 100 miles into the Tahoe 200, a 215 Mile…
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When Leaders Refuse Support, Everyone Pays the Price
Growing Leadership Capacity Through Connection Many leaders struggle to accept support, believing they must have all the answers to be effective. In reality, that belief often limits their capacity rather than strengthening it. After a…
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The 3 AM Fugue State: What Ultra-Running Reveals About Your Leadership
Why technical intelligence fails under pressure, and the one “soft skill” that actually determines peak performance. When I tell people I’ve run 215 miles in a single race, they usually look at me like I…
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Why Competence Beats Intelligence in the Age of AI
A lot of people are terrified that Artificial Intelligence is going to make humans obsolete.Honestly? I think the opposite is true. What AI is doing—faster than most people realize—is commodifying intelligence. And when something becomes…
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Three Practices for Emotional Awareness
For decades, we’ve been taught to “manage behaviour” as if behaviour exists in a vacuum. It doesn’t.Behaviour is simply the smoke.Emotion is the fire. And fire doesn’t go out because you tell it to.It goes…
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You Can Do More Than You Know!
It is often said that we overestimate what we can do in a year and underestimate what we can do in ten. This quote has never felt more true than it does right now. On…
