Systems

30 September 2026Heads they win, tails you loseResponsibility is a feeling, but accountability is a structure. Protect yourself like a bank. 15 September 2026Why Strategy Fails (and How to Make It Real)Alicia appears on Thriving Leaders podcast with Claire Gray 26 August 2026Willpower is a terrible strategy at scaleAre you a terrible person, or did the system make you do it? 29 April 2026You are the systemThe front fell off. Stop waiting for someone else to fix it. 28 April 2026Ask a Strategist 28 April 2026Systems analysis for leadership challenges around work, speed, and delivery. 21 April 2026Shifting into systems thinkingStill blaming people? It's time to level up. 16 April 2026Why people still protest Jacinda ArdernWhat happens when our lives are shaped by systems we can't vote out 15 April 2026You are what you doHi scrollshitshowersleep, it's so nice to meet you. 11 February 2026Is 2026 the Year of the Terse Email?Why my fridge is an unaccountability machine and you might need to put your consumer rights pants on. 20 August 2025"Isms" are not peopleDoes calling people racist protect racist systems? Maybe. 26 March 2025For when it feels like you can't change anythingEverything is connected. Once you see it, you can shift it. 20 October 2024You can be the one who changes thingsIt's never been a better time to change things at work - and it's what your boss wants you to do. 3 October 2024If you were them, you'd be a jerk tooStop pointing fingers at people when you talk about change and focus on the systems that need shifting instead. 8 February 2024Stop being a heroHeroes overcome the odds. Systems change them. 25 January 2024Don't worry about your cultureHere's what you should be worrying about instead. 8 December 2022The problem is never the problemThe problem is rarely the problem. Strategists know that, and they don't waste time blaming people, when systems are usually at fault. 7 September 2022Unwinnable gamesSome games can't be won, and need the rules need changing. Stop trying to optimise yourself and start tearing down the structures that keep you trapped. 11 August 2022Good people and bad systemsStop pointing fingers at people when you talk about change and focus on the systems that need shifting instead. 14 May 2020How to grow from stress: quick questions to dig deeperDig below the surface and grow from stress by asking better questions. 15 April 2020Stop chasing cows: create systems changeWhen everything around us changes, it’s time to adapt the way we work. How do we make systems change easy?