The Intentional Manager
Luca Foppoli, Benedikt Kantus, ElinaBecause reacting is not a strategy.
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Is your team enabling or blocking?
#34 - 2026/08/30
The Intentional Manager is for the corporate professional who is tired of surface-level advice — each issue works to understand the why behind strategy, leadership and execution, from first principles.
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We are all salespeople
#33 - 2026/08/23
The Intentional Manager is for the corporate professional who is tired of surface-level advice — each issue works to understand the why behind strategy, leadership and execution, from first principles.
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Portfolios are not ecosystems
#32 - 2026/08/16
The Intentional Manager is for the corporate professional who is tired of surface-level advice — each issue works to understand the why behind strategy, leadership and execution, from first principles.
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Leadership is complex, not complicated
#31 - 2026/08/09
This piece belongs to the Worth Arguing With series, where I write back to other people’s thinking - because the best compliment you can pay an idea is to take it seriously.
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Why chasing 100% capacity is a crucial mistake
#30 - 2026/08/02
Part of The Intentional Leadership Arc, a series on leadership published every Sunday in The Intentional Manager.
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The Intentional Manager — strategy, leadership and execution for the professional who wants...
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For the corporate professional who could do more and does not accept being molded into a mindless cog. On leadership, strategy and execution. Systems thinker, engineer, husband, father, dog "owner".
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Practice-based leadership development for mid-level managers. Drawing on leadership research, psychology, and coaching to close the knowing-doing gap for managers working on influence, visibility, and personal vision.
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