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Storm-Tested Leadership

08
Mar
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7 min read
25
Feb
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The Silent Shipwrecks, Part 2: Emptying the Coffers

In Part 1, we explored how organisational cultures drift into mediocrity through strategic cowardice, the Bozo Explosion, and the normalisation
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17
Feb
Cargo ship disappearing into fog on calm waters.

The Silent Shipwrecks, Part 1: Mediocrity is the Slow Death to Obscurity

While sailing the high seas of complex IT delivery, I watched a team make a "strategic" decision that
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13
Jan
Odysseus bound to the mast navigating past the Sirens - ancient Greek framework for managing scope creep in project delivery

Bound to the Mast: Navigating the Sirens of Scope Creep

An Odyssey through Discovery and Delivery Every Project Manager knows the moment. You're sailing smoothly toward delivery when
10 min read
30
Sep
Storm-tested Captain boarding burning sinking ship in crisis

Your Ship Is Sinking, Let Me Climb Aboard

The paradox of crisis leadership There's something beautifully paradoxical about the phrase "your ship is sinking, let
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