Leadership

Perspectives on leadership, decision-making, and what it takes to lead well in a changing environment. Observations and insights for executives, founders, and anyone responsible for guiding people, teams, and organizations through complexity.

Structural detail of a building under construction — lessons from the other side of corporate life

Lessons From the Other Side: What Three Years of Building Taught Me That Twenty Years in Corporate America Couldn't

Twenty years inside one of the world's largest consulting firms taught me how markets work, how deals get done, and how organizations decide under pressure. Or so I thought. Three years of building from scratch taught me things two more decades inside an institution never would have — about product-market fit, AI leverage, and what genuine accountability feels like when there is no organization absorbing the downside.

Leadership

May 18