You can be strategic and silly. That’s the magic.

In episode 11, we talk about play that actually works at work; because levity isn’t fluff, it’s function.

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Design means a million things depending on who you ask.

🎧 Full episode: Context Matters on The Messy Middle Matters.

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 “I know what that word means… but what do you mean by it?”
We ask clarifying questions constantly—and not because we don’t understand, but because we want to.

🎧 New episode: Context Matters – The Power of Clarifying Questions

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The value of a self-assessment lies in how you react to and leverage the results. The best leaders use them as a tool to unify a team. The less successful leaders often use them unintentionally as a tool to divide.

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