The Work Beneath the Work
Ted LeonhardtEssays on creative leadership, culture, and becoming
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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There’s a tension at the heart of every creative business. The cultural side — the craft, the relationships, the way a room feels when the work is going well — and the commercial side — the fees, the contracts, the uncomforta...
The Work Beneath the Work: An Interview with Mary Knight
I am thrilled to share that a 9-minute video conversation about my new book, The Work Beneath the Work, is launching on YouTube today.
[Leonhardt Remembers Video]
I sat down with Mary Knight, LICSW, to unpack the core thesis of my book. M...
Tabu
“You can’t blame everything on being adopted,” she said on Facebook.
Shame is what I felt.
Then I remembered — you should be grateful. And the whole list of shoulds came tumbling out.
“They’re good people. Ted and Betty are good, solid,...
Becoming: Inventory
A few days ago, Dr. Barbara Sumner left a comment on something I’d written.
Barbara spent her career studying human adoption — not the sentimental version, the structural one. She quoted my line back…
“…the particular vigilance required o...
You are my special people
Ten years ago I began writing the essays that became this book. I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. I thought I was writing about creativity, about leadership, about the strange dynamics inside design firms. It took years to understand w...
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