Think for yourself
See more clearly
Make better decisions
Live on your own terms
Speaking
Training
Unpublished opinions
Friday Flurry featuring retracted Unpopular Opinions
Alicia McKay
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Day 5: Conspiracy theorists are right
It's a shame they're crazy
Training
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Strategic Public Leaders Training
Premium leadership training for public sector managers to become more strategic.
Day 3: Women should be ugly and mean
It's a great way to get ahead.
Day 2: CEOs are tiny babies
And they don't even realise it.
Day 1: Your strategy is a load of shit
And a waste of time.
The passage of time - and a few whinging men
Friday Flurry Birthday Special featuring salacious gossip and LinkedIn screenshots.
Identity
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Is all advice just projection?
When people tell you what to do, they share more about them than you.
Stop talking shit and start making sense
On communicating clearly and quitting the news
Society
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The news is killing you
(Or just keeping you scared but fear pays, so click this headline.)
NSW local government professionals become Strategic Public Leaders in Sydney
Local government managers from across NSW came together for two days of strategic leadership training with Alicia McKay - in partnership with LGPro NSW.
When decisions SUC(k)
When the stakes are high and messy, building a good process is the only way through.
The ambition vacuum
Ambition depends on shared stories about the future. The old stories have collapsed, leaving a vacuum of inevitability and futility, especially around AI, the climate, and democracy.
Events
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ICMA 111th Annual Conference 2025 in Tampa, Florida
Alicia McKay will travel from New Zealand to give a Game Changer session revealing powerful insights from her work with New Zealand and Australian Councils and a breakout workshop for strategic public leadership.