Power
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Heads they win, tails you lose
Responsibility is a feeling, but accountability is a structure. Protect yourself like a bank.
Archive
Everything I've written, newest first.
569 essays
Time of the season
What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me?
Podcasts
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Why Strategy Fails (and How to Make It Real)
Alicia appears on Thriving Leaders podcast with Claire Gray
Are you the master of your own destiny?
Or is the world on a relentless march toward an inevitable future? You decide.
Strategy
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Show me your budget
If you want to "reset your direction", bugger your vision statement. Get your calculator out.
When we govern by means, we neglect the ends
You can't shrink your way to value. Here's what we get wrong about the public service.
Power
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The danger of modern cynicism
Let's do less eye-rolling - and more pissing in the public square
Are we being a bit dramatic?
Just because you happen to be alive right now doesn't make this the most significant era in history
Power
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Willpower is a terrible strategy at scale
Are you a terrible person, or did the system make you do it?
Focus
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The art of finer distinctions
Who we are changes what we do. What we do changes who we are. Chicken. Egg. Chicken.
Mother issues
Writing, hyperventilating, and wondering about Mums.
Power
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Who should we be angry at?
We don't picket outside the bank or post death threats to insurance execs. That unhinged fury is reserved for the Council. Should it be?
Screw the algorithm
Content has collapsed into algorithmic hell. Here's what's going on - and what I'm trying to do about it.
Events
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LG Professionals WA State Conference
Alicia will give a keynote and appear on panels and in masterclasses to talk about local government leadership in a changing world.
Thinking
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The idiot test
If people on the internet seem stupid or evil, pay closer attention. Your bubble might be morphing into an echo chamber.
The irreconcilable tensions of public leadership
If you work in the public sector, embrace the frustration. The system is working exactly as designed.
When it all seems too much, pick up a book
Reading gives us perspective on our place in history and humanity. Here are two books that made me cry like a baby.