The Lounge
A regular note for leaders who want signal over noise.
Leaders do not fail because they lack information. They fail because pressure distorts judgement, language weakens, and organisations start making decisions they cannot sustain.
The Lounge is where I name those patterns plainly — without theatre — and offer a cleaner frame for action. It is the thinking behind the advisory work, written for the leaders doing that work themselves.
Not a blog recap. Not a curated roundup. Not motivational content dressed up as insight. The Lounge is the thinking that doesn't make it into the articles — shorter, more direct, and written in the same week it lands.
What You Receive
- A deeper dive into one leadership or decision question worth sustained attention
- Books, ideas, and references that are shaping how I see things — and why
- Short decision prompts you can actually use, not reflection theatre
- Occasional notes from the rooms where pressure reveals what matters
- Advance notice of events and releases when relevant
- You are tired of content and want thinking you can use
- You lead people, capital, or consequence
- You value precision, not performance
- You want language that holds up under scrutiny
- You are navigating decisions with real stakes and find most leadership content too thin
- Not weekly busywork designed to fill an inbox
- Not motivational content or positive framing for difficult situations
- Not a substitute for the advisory work — a complement to it
- Not written for a general audience — written for leaders carrying real accountability
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Some readers, when the moment is right, move into Quorum
A small closed group with direct access to the thinking behind the work — monthly live sessions, mid-month voice notes, and one private annual calibration conversation. For leaders who want consistent proximity to serious advisory thinking without a full engagement.