Category: Leadership
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Sit with Discomfort
Many organizations operate in “either/or” mode, especially when things get hard. But Weird Wisdom® at Work teaches leaders and teams to sit with discomfort, invite diverse perspectives, and lead into complexity. Real leadership happens when we stop oversimplifying and start…
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Don’t Choose
A global tech company once struggled between prioritizing speed vs. quality.One team wanted to ship fast. The other feared risking brand trust. Instead of picking one, the leader reframed the issue:“What would it look like to be fast and intentional?”…
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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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What if?
What if Gen Z isn’t rejecting leadership… they’re just rejecting our version of it? We keep saying, “They don’t want to lead.” Maybe what they’re actually saying is, “Not like that.” They’ve watched burnout dressed up as ambition. Seen status…
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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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The Ashes of Failed Attempts
We often celebrate the polished wins, the launch that worked, the campaign that converted, the pitch that landed. But what about the messy, uncertain, uncomfortable attempts that came before? The truth is:Every breakthrough has a backstory.Every great leader has missteps.Every…
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The Disruption Needed to Grow
It tells you what didn’t work.It shows you what matters.And it reveals what no one else was willing to say out loud. In many organizations, we polish the wins and bury the mistakes.But when we do that, we miss out…
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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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F𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 S𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁
Your team’s most powerful creative breakthrough might be just beyond the fear of being wrong. In many organizations, the biggest barrier to innovation isn’t a lack of ideas,it’s the fear of making mistakes. When people worry about being judged or…
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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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