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The Leadership Letter Archive
How you lead shapes generations

Leadership doesn't end in the org chart. What you model today is being copied by your team, and by your family, for decades after you're gone.

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The version you pass on

A phone gets better when someone redesigns it, not when you use it more. The same is true of the organisation you will one day hand your successor.

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The recovery we demand from pilots (but not from CEOs)

CEOs make their biggest calls in a state they'd never accept from a pilot. Why recovery is the precondition for judgement, not the reward for it.

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The Leadership Letter Archive
How you lead shapes generations

Leadership doesn't end in the org chart. What you model today is being copied by your team, and by your family, for decades after you're gone.

Read more →
The version you pass on

A phone gets better when someone redesigns it, not when you use it more. The same is true of the organisation you will one day hand your successor.

Read more →
The recovery we demand from pilots (but not from CEOs)

CEOs make their biggest calls in a state they'd never accept from a pilot. Why recovery is the precondition for judgement, not the reward for it.

Read more →