LBD Perspectives
Ideas for the work of change
Thinking about how people lead, connect and adapt when conditions change.
The First 90 Days: What a New Manager Should Actually Change
The early months are not a race to prove authority. They are a chance to learn where the work gets stuck and establish a rhythm the team can trust.
When AI Speeds Up the Work, What Happens to Human Judgment?
AI can accelerate an answer. It cannot take responsibility for the conditions in which that answer will be used. That is a leadership question.
The Difficult Conversation Is Usually About the Work Around It
Scripts help, but they cannot replace a clear standard, a fair hearing and a next step. Here is how to prepare for the conversation you have been avoiding.
The First-Time Manager’s Real Job Is to Change the Conditions
A first management role changes the unit of work: from individual output to the conditions that make other people effective.
Why Leadership Development Stalls When Work Stays the Same
Training may change what someone knows without changing what happens on a difficult Tuesday. SHIFT begins with the conditions in which capability has to hold.
2026: Contagious Identity Ecosystem
I've spent many months in 2025 re-engineering and redesigning what I do and how I do it. Now, at 11 years into this business, one defining concept has emerged from everything I've done...
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