Category: Weird Wisdom
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What If It Isn’t Fear?
That feeling you get when you make an unconventional choice at work? We’re taught to call it fear and treat it as a signal to stop. What if that’s wrong? This is about leadership, navigating change, fear of the unknown,…
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Your Client’s Praise Is Not Your Permission
Every marketing expert tells you to name-drop your clients. I do the opposite, and there’s a reason most advisors won’t tell you. If you’ve ever hired a consultant, this one’s about you more than you’d think.
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Sherpas or a Cheer Squad? Look at Who You’ve Hired
Are the people in your inner circle helping you lead, or just agreeing with you? This is about team dynamics, groupthink, and why the strongest leaders protect the people who push back. If you care about leadership, decision making, and…
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“I’m Just Holding a Mirror Up to You” Is a Lie
“I’m just holding a mirror up to you.”You’ve heard it. Notice how it only ever comes out when someone disagrees with you? There’s a reason that phrase works as a weapon, and it’s got everything to do with how mirrors…
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Kill Your Darlings
Theater directors have a phrase they use with performers: kill your darlings. It’s brutal advice, and leaders need it more than actors do. If there’s one idea your team can’t say no to because it’s yours, this one’s for you.…
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“Best Practice” Is Stopping You From Evolving
Every “best practice” and industry standard has a lifespan, and clinging to the currently accepted way of doing things might be the exact thing holding your team back. This is about leadership, questioning the norm, and why the unconventional idea…
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Why AI Will Never Recommend Your Best Hire
I asked AI to find the top Diversity of Thought consultants in Australia. Then I asked it about me. What it told me, and what it admitted a minute later, changed how I think about hiring. If you use AI…
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Building Great Teams Starts with Listening
Every workplace has them; the quiet thinker, the careful observer, and the person who rarely dominates a meeting but consistently notices what others miss. Too often, we mistake confidence for insight. We assume the loudest voices carry the greatest wisdom.…
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How to Keep Living Weird Wisdom, For the Long Haul
Understanding these ideas is the easy part. Making them stick is the real work. It takes around 66 days for a new way of thinking to feel natural, not 21.This final video covers why good ideas don’t automatically stick, how…
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What Happens to Teams That Really Use Diverse Thinking
A room full of different people can still end up with groupthink. Difference doesn’t automatically produce different thinking. This video covers what high-functioning teams actually do, inviting the different perspective explicitly, protecting ideas before critiquing them and the three specific…
