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Field notes from the arena
Short reads on the pressure, politics and hard calls of leading at scale, drawn from years inside Fortune 100 leadership teams.
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The Blame List Is a Symptom
I sat with a client I’ve worked with for years while he went through his version of that list. When he finished, I said: “You know the next name on that list is going to be mine.”
Blame is what pressure does when it has nowhere left to go.
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Start a conversation →Your Team Is Triaging Your Urgents
They were running their own triage system underneath mine.
Leading People Through AI While Facing It Yourself
They couldn’t offload that uncertainty anywhere.
Where Did the System Break?
Instead of “who screwed up?” the CEO asked, “where did the system break down?”
When Your Help Stops Helping
When the gap between effort and results widens, people stop evaluating your intentions and start evaluating your judgment.