Research, field notes, personal essays, and conversations about the parts of leadership no tool can practice for us.
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Most leadership advice is written to survive LinkedIn, not contact with reality. “Bring your authentic self to work” sounds humane until you ask whether the workplace has done anything to earn that trust.
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Clark dies in the mouth of the worst part of himself.
Team,
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If you have not seen the movie and do not want spoilers,…, sorry about that.
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I hope you enjoy this episode.
My takeaways
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On Crosswinds I bring you written interviews from leaders worth learning from.
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Fix the system before blaming individuals.
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Tanu Tiwari moved away from a team of six people she’d managed in London. Within months, every one of them had quit. When she finally got them on a call to ask why, one of them told her: “You were the shit umbrella. We didn’t realize it unt...
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The Updraft exists to build leaders whose behavior under pressure matches the values they claim. Scientist, working manager, and founder of Kestryl Edge. Let's grow together.
I write about designing organisations, careers and lives with intention, so you can bring your whole self to all three. 12+ years in startups & small businesses. Also building IKIGLOO, a life design brand for multi-passionate people.
I’m Kel, the voice behind MindFullOfIt, creator of Storm Psychology \ud83c\udf2a️ Writing about anxiety, OCD, ADHD, trauma, nervous systems, and the hidden moments that shape human behavior.
Essays on human systems, leadership, organizational design, and the future of work. For people who believe better workplaces begin with better thinking.
Devoted student of how the world organizes itself. Mischievous insurgent where it gets us wrong. Fractional CMO by trade, rabbit hole seeker on the fly.
For neurodivergent, ex-burnout adults rebuilding a life on their own terms, without hustle culture or self-betrayal. Essays on burnout, identity, founder life, and the slow work of becoming someone you don't have to escape from. | Building Pitaia
Building high-performing tech teams without losing the human side. Practical leadership experiences and cross-cultural insights from Europe to India. Life enthusiast\ud83c\udf3b
Leadership is never neutral. It either expands people or diminishes them. | Writing on leadership, culture, and team performance to challenge perspective and deepen awareness. ✨ | Author of Disengaged, Fall ’26
Ex-corporate leader + lawyer. I quit my UK job for nomadic expat life. Now I help corporate professionals and business founders become confident people leaders. I write about everyday leadership practice and finding personal and professional freedom
I diagnose the structural patterns that turn burnout into turnover. 13 years in marketing before becoming a psychotherapist. MEd, MFA, NCC, LRC \ud83d\udecb️\ud83e\udde0 White paper launching in September!
Therapist turned leadership coach. I write about what organizational charts can't see but everyone can feel: the inner life of leaders.
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