The simplest way to lift your energy as a leader isn't a new routine or more discipline. It's one small experiment you can run this week — try it, watch what happens, and keep it only if it works. Energy is the resource leaders most want to protect Energy is one of the things leaders raise with us most often. It's what they're trying to protect, restore and sustain — across long days, back-to-back meetings and the constant pull on their attention. When energy runs low, everyt

As leaders, we consume a lot of information — books, podcasts, articles, keynotes. Yet many teams keep having the same conversations and making the same decisions. Ideas don’t change teams. The conversations they create do.

Leadership isn’t about transferring information — it’s about understanding people. And understanding comes from conversation, not just interaction. As more of our days move onto screens, it’s worth asking whether we’re still having conversations, or simply exchanging information. Interaction is not the same as conversation There’s a lot of focus right now on kids and their screen time — what it does to their attention, their development, their eyes. It raises a quieter questi

Under pressure, leaders tend to default to “I” — carrying more on their own, making the calls themselves, trying to find a way through alone. It's understandable, but it's backwards: the more complex the challenge, the less likely it is that one person holds the best answer. The most effective leaders do the opposite, and lead together. Why uncertainty pushes leaders into “I” mode We've been noticing a pattern across organisations: the greater the uncertainty, the more leader

The hardest leadership discomfort isn't tasks or decisions — it's people. Why leaders delay difficult conversations, and a simple practice to have them well.

Future-focused leadership means getting comfortable with the uncomfortable: deciding on imperfect data and moving before you feel ready. A simple practice to do it.