The Framework: Bringing It All Together
August 7, 2026
Five leadership types, one organization — why we need all of them, how they interact, and what happens when we do not have enough of one.
Read MoreThe Teacher: Systems and Sustainability
July 31, 2026
Exploring the fifth of five leadership types from Ephesians 4: the leader who systematizes knowledge, builds for reproducibility, and ensures the organization outlasts its founders.
Read MoreThe Shepherd: Care and Community-Building
July 24, 2026
Exploring the fourth of five leadership types from Ephesians 4: the leader who nurtures, protects, and builds the community that sustains the organization.
Read MoreThe Evangelist: Growth and Expansion
July 17, 2026
Exploring the third of five leadership types from Ephesians 4: the growth specialist who takes the Prophet's vision and spreads it to wider audiences.
Read MoreThe Prophet: Vision-Casting and Direction-Setting
July 10, 2026
Exploring the second of five leadership types from Ephesians 4: the visionary who sees truth and future possibilities, and galvanizes others into action.
Read MoreThe Apostle: Exploration and Foundation-Laying
July 3, 2026
Discussing the Apostle leadership type from Ephesians 4: why leaders must explore, and why explorers aren't always leaders.
Read MoreThe Steward and the Satrap
June 19, 2026
Why flat organizations are uniquely vulnerable to leaders who build shadow hierarchies, and what to do about it.
Read MoreA Dialogue with AI on Technical Debt
May 29, 2026
When your Rubber Duck talks back
Read MoreWisdom Is the Last Remaining Arbitrage
May 22, 2026
When intelligence is a commodity, wisdom is the only remaining differentiator.
Read MoreThe Cost of Hesitation
April 17, 2026
Leadership means decision-making, and hesitation is abdicating that responsibility
Read MoreThe Two Levers of Leadership
April 3, 2026
Satya Nadella's concise, precise, and actionable architecture for leadership success.
Read MoreLeadership's renewal problem
March 20, 2026
The renewal of leaders has been a particular interest of mine in recent years.
Read MoreLeadership requires rest
December 31, 2025
Many of the leaders around me are perpetually exhausted.
Read MoreReflections from the valley
October 29, 2025
I've been in the proverbial valley in the last few months, and somewhat willingly?
Read MoreWhat kind of work I want
August 23, 2025
I recently read Sean Goedecke's blog on this, and it was very insightful and also thought-provoking for myself
Read MoreWhy systems are important
February 4, 2025
I have come to think of many things as a system
Read MoreLeadership Thinking Time
December 3, 2024
As the end of the year draws near, so does the deadline for year end reports.
Read MoreLeaders must be unreasonable
November 10, 2024
I did a double-take even as I was writing that title.
Read MoreLeaders make decisions
October 18, 2024
Leadership means many things.
Read MoreHow to pass on a way of life
September 19, 2024
Recently I had a short discussion with a friend about my fixation with systems for Christian Disciple-making (this idea of making disciples can be found in Matthew 28:19 - the Great Commission - in the Bible)
Read MoreScrambling for focus
September 17, 2024
I don't mean this to be a journal entry, but I've been feeling cognitively fragmented recently.
Read MoreBuying time
April 17, 2023
Today my family had a really hard day
Read MoreIn Flashes of Fire
April 3, 2023
Not for the first time, I find myself frustrated to the point of fury
Read MoreBe innocent as doves, wise as serpents
March 26, 2023
I struggle to find the balance of upholding Christian values, while living in a corrupt world
Read MoreThoughts on Insurance
March 23, 2023
Recently I have been re-evaluating my insurance cover
Read MoreThe Six Types of Working Genius
March 11, 2023
I've been listening to podcasts on my cycling commute
Read MoreGeeking out about Rust
February 26, 2023
So recently I have been looking into Rust
Read MoreLearning from Accidents
February 25, 2023
Today I was careless
Read MoreCulture of my Home
February 23, 2023
Which culture would my daughter identify with?
Read MoreThoughts on Stewardship
February 19, 2023
Recently I was talking to a mentee about work
Read MoreFatherhood Begins
February 7, 2023
Last week my first child - Ava - was born
Read MoreGLS 2021
November 3, 2021
My Notes from GLS 2021
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