Career & Thought Leadership

The Lone Wolf: Misunderstood or Misaligned?

In today’s business culture, collaboration is treated as the gold standard. We idolize team players, prioritize consensus, and treat solo work as a red flag. But that perspective isn’t always right. Not every meaningful contribution comes from group efforts. Some of the most important breakthroughs, elegant systems, and high-leverage solutions come from individuals working alone, without distraction. These “Lone wolves” aren’t anti-collaborative, they are just built differently. And when you learn to recognize and support …

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Stop Automating Broken Processes

One of the biggest mistakes I see in digital projects? Teams rushing to automate business processes without first asking whether those processes make any sense to begin with. Just because something exists doesn’t mean it’s worth preserving. If a process is slow, unclear, or stitched together with manual workarounds, automating it won’t solve the problem — it’ll lock it in. You’ll make the mess go faster, not better. A Real Example In a former company, …

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What Jiro Dreams of Sushi Teaches Us About Leadership, Craft, and High-Performing Teams

If The Bear revealed the raw energy and emotional complexity of teamwork under fire, Jiro Dreams of Sushi presents a quieter but no less powerful portrait of leadership. Jiro Ono’s Tokyo-based sushi restaurant, run with monastic precision, stands as one of the most revered kitchens in the world — and also one of the most instructive case studies for corporate leaders. In Jiro’s world, there are no performance reviews, OKRs, or corporate retreats. Yet his team consistently delivers at …

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Leading Analytics Without Losing the Plot

In today’s data-saturated world, analytics leaders are under constant pressure to deliver more. More dashboards. More tools. More data. And yet, despite all that output, many teams struggle to drive outcomes that matter. Somewhere along the way, they lose the plot. This post is about staying grounded. It’s about leading analytics with clarity, avoiding common traps, and making sure your efforts connect back to what truly matters: progress, not just process. The Story Is the …

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Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater? Maybe You Should.

We’ve all heard it: “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” In business, this phrase is often deployed as a caution against overcorrection. It urges us to preserve the core while cleaning up the mess around it. Fair enough, except when the core itself is the problem. The phrase assumes there’s a precious “baby” worth saving. But what if there isn’t? Or what if the effort to preserve it is what’s anchoring your organization to outdated …

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