Wednesday Wisdom

28 October 2026Your lack of boundaries makes you hard to trustEvery 'no' makes a 'yes' mean more 21 October 2026Avoid the foolish hobgoblinYou're allowed to grow (and people aren't paying attention anyway) 14 October 2026The problem with short-term thinkingScared people play small. 7 October 2026Maybe you don't existWho are you... really? 30 September 2026Heads they win, tails you loseResponsibility is a feeling, but accountability is a structure. Protect yourself like a bank. 23 September 2026Reading is (more than) life13 ways to become a better reader 16 September 2026Strategy requires intelligenceAre you too dumb to be strategic? 9 September 2026Show me your budgetIf you want to "reset your direction", bugger your vision statement. Get your calculator out. 2 September 2026The danger of modern cynicismLet's do less eye-rolling - and more pissing in the public square 26 August 2026Willpower is a terrible strategy at scaleAre you a terrible person, or did the system make you do it? 19 August 2026The art of finer distinctionsWho we are changes what we do. What we do changes who we are. Chicken. Egg. Chicken. 12 August 2026The things we never voted forDon't be fooled. Every default is a choice. 5 August 2026Who 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? 29 July 2026The idiot testIf people on the internet seem stupid or evil, pay closer attention. Your bubble might be morphing into an echo chamber. 22 July 2026The irreconcilable tensions of public leadershipIf you work in the public sector, embrace the frustration. The system is working exactly as designed. 15 July 2026Choose meaningful friction over costly convenienceWe get to choose our hard. Convenience and conformity can have costly second-order effects. 10 July 2026What chronic uncertainty is doing to our lives and careersA Friday Flurry on the state of work and what it might do to us 8 July 2026Beware the allure of speedy outputsWhat strategy can teach us about process and time 1 July 2026When nothing mattersAn existential post-holiday hangover 10 June 2026Let 'em cook: the looming crisis of human judgmentStop before you Google that recipe