Category: Weird Wisdom
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Narrowing our Perspective
Changing Perspective isn’t always about broadening it. Yesterday, I had spent many hours at my keyboard when my body started to rebel. It was urging me to get up. I decided I needed to move. Walking a regular route, easing…
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Contradictions Aren’t Problems
A non-profit was torn between being data-driven and deeply human-centered. Some argued for metrics. Others defended storytelling. The shift came when leadership asked:“How do our numbers tell a story and how can our stories support the numbers?”That reframing led to…
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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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Welcome the Weird
Not every idea will work. Not every risk will succeed.And that’s okay. Because the teams who dare to fail first often lead the future. Failure doesn’t mean you’re off track.It often means you’re onto something new. It’s a spark.It’s a…
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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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Try Again
Did you know?90% of startups fail.But here’s the flipside…80% of founders who try again succeed. Why? Because failure isn’t a dead end.It’s a fast-track education.It teaches what no playbook or case study ever could. The first time, they built with…
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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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