Schrödinger’s Decision

MID-MAY. Need to finish a talk for LDX3 and finish a book. I can summon the Zone at will now.

This Week in Rands

As I attempt to write durable leadership lessons, I need to tell stories you can relate to, which means talking about humans I’ve worked with. It makes the lessons approachable. Unfortunately, writing about co-workers is a bad idea because, well, it’s none of your business. 

The leadership stories I construct are real in that when I close my eyes, I can tell you exactly when my chief of staff told me I was overloaded. Both times, actually, but when it comes to writing the lesson, I change names, places, and other specifics. Not a lie — a good story.

Read the story now.

Three Leadership Links: 

1. Anyone else think most modern "leadership theory" is just corporate fiction?*: https://www.reddit.com/r/Leadership/comments/1tf2wj2/anyone_else_think_most_modern_leadership_theory/
2. Momentum can be fake long before a project actually fails: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1tfp9ou/momentum_can_be_fake_long_before_a_project/
3. Informal Influencers: https://leadershipfreak.blog/2026/05/12/secret-powers-of-informal-influencers/

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