Category: Weird Wisdom
-
Wisdom Moves in Both Directions
There is a special kind of silence in a meeting: the sound of people all pretending they already understand. It often leads to the most important questions never getting asked. We often feel pressure to be seen to understand, to…
-
Trust as a Bumper Sticker
Weird Wisdom Incoming! Everyone’s talking about trust like it’s the holy grail. But nobody seems to mean the same thing by it. Trust is the new currency. Trust is the foundation of leadership. You’ve read it three times already this…
-
Influence Happens Every Day
Influence isn’t reserved for managers. Or executives. Or people with impressive job titles. Influence happens every day. It’s the teammate who encourages another perspective. The colleague who asks one more question. The person who makes someone else feel safe enough…
-
Within the Weird Exchange
The questions we remember rarely come with easy answers. Instead, they challenge us. They interrupt our assumptions. They encourage us to look at familiar situations differently. That’s the power of thoughtful questions. They don’t just collect information. They create transformation.…
-
Exchanging Wisdom
We often feel pressure to have the answer. To solve the problem. To offer advice. To fix the situation. But what if the most valuable thing we can offer isn’t an answer at all? What if it’s our curiosity? Curiosity…
-
Essence of the Weird Exchange
We’ve all experienced meetings where one voice dominates the conversation. Ironically, those meetings often produce the least. The best leaders I’ve worked with aren’t the loudest people in the room. They’re the most curious.They ask thoughtful questions.They draw quieter people…
-
Wisdom is Something We Exchange
We often think of wisdom as something we accumulate over time; through experience, education, or success. But Weird Wisdom® invites us to see it differently. Wisdom isn’t something we simply possess. It’s something we exchange. Every conversation, every question, every…
-
What if Difference is Your Contribution?
Many people spend years trying to fit in. What if your greatest advantage is the perspective that makes you different? The ideas you hesitate to share.The questions you think are unusual.The perspectives that don’t fit the norm. Those may be…
-
You Already Have the Thinking. Here’s Why You’re Not Using It.
The problem is almost never that people don’t have good thinking. It’s that they don’t trust it enough to use it. You’ve probably noticed something before anyone else or had an instinct that turned out right—and dismissed it as ordinary.…
-
Why Distance Exists Part 2 of 2
Yesterday’s Part 1 covered the distance between what your evidence trail proves and what your people are doing. Standards are written to be auditable; an auditor cannot observe judgement, so organisations build for the artifact and end up running two…
