Category: Diversity of Thought
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Collective Learning
Last weekend I travelled to New Zealand for the PSANZ Trailblazers Convention. I was honoured to speak at the event, but what I’ll hold closest are the friendships, connections, and unexpected lessons. After receiving thoughtful feedback from Yamini Naidu, CSP,…
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Stop Playing It Safe
Playing it safe might keep things steady—but it rarely sparks fresh ideas. The real future is built by those who dare to question, challenge, and imagine beyond the obvious. Weird Wisdom® invites us to embrace unconventional thinking, explore fresh possibilities,…
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Spark Big Shifts
A Team That Broke Routine Team meetings always being held at same time despite team working shifts because “that’s what works.”One member suggested experimenting with timing and format.They tested. They failed. They learned.And they discovered a new time that doubled…
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Outside the Borders of Convention
Every breakthrough starts as something unconventional, unusual, or even a little weird. Think about it; the world’s most transformative ideas didn’t come from playing it safe. They came from people daring to step outside the norm and question “the way…
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Where New Answers Live
When decisions get tough, most leaders default to the comfort of binaries.Do we scale or stabilize?Focus on people or performance?Prioritize tradition or innovation? But Weird Wisdom® at Work invites us into the tension because that’s where new answers live. What…
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Test, learn, Improve
What if your team saw failure not as a red flag, but as a green light for growth? In many traditional workplaces, failure is equated with incompetence.People avoid risk. They stay in their lane. Innovation stalls before it even begins.…
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The Anti-Leadership Generation
The Anti-Leadership Generation Might Be Right! Weird Wisdom® invites us to question the norms including the assumption that climbing the leadership ladder is the only or best way to make impact. If Gen Z is resisting traditional leadership roles, it…
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This Truth
This truth has guided me through countless moments of uncertainty in my work and leadership journey. When teams face rapid change, what they truly need isn’t certainty , it’s a culture that 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. Creating that kind…
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Ask Hard Questions
Have you ever experienced a moment when uncertainty didn’t paralyze your team but actually sparked growth? I remember a project where nothing was clear at the start. Deadlines were tight, the path was undefined, and expectations kept shifting. Instead of…
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Creativity is a Survival Skill
Creativity isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s essential for survival in today’s fast-changing world. But creativity can’t flourish in a culture that stifles it. That’s why leadership matters more than ever. Leaders set the tone by valuing curiosity, questions, and unconventional…
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