Published Articles
This is where my published writing lives — reflections on leadership, some standalone, others part of an ongoing series.
Monday Intentions
Monday Intention is a weekly reflection on the traps leaders fall into — a common challenge, an inversion that reframes it, and something to carry into the week ahead.
How to practice it:
1. Carry it with you. Somewhere you'll see it — a note, a reminder, whatever keeps it in view.
2. Notice as you go. Catch the trap. Don't judge it, just notice it.
3. Apply it, in the moment — or after, if that's too much to ask in real time.
4. Five minutes each evening. Where did I notice it? Did I catch it in time?
5. Watch the pattern build. By Friday, you'll catch it sooner.
Feeling depleted? Who is choosing your priorities?
My day job looked manageable on paper. Steady hours, no travel, nothing dramatic. And still, I was stuck in a push/crash cycle that only trended downwards.
Then I felt pulled toward the one thing that made no sense: a week known to be physically and emotionally relentless. I expected to crash. Instead, I came out renewed.
Obligation depletes, even when it's manageable. Pull renews, even when it's brutal. Here's why the size of the effort was never the real variable.
The Imposter Voice Isn’t What You Think
There's a voice telling me I'm not ready for this. Rationally, I know I have everything I need. Emotionally, I can feel it in the pit of my stomach.
This is the first Monday Intention — a weekly series on the traps we fall into as leaders, and the shift in view that gets us out of them. This one's about imposter syndrome, and why the voice behind it was never asking the question you think it is.
Is it security, approval, or control talking? Here's what changes once you know."
Allyship, Actually
In April, I was invited to the McKinsey office in Copenhagen as part of their annual International Day of Pink celebrations. When I asked what they would like the talk to focus on, the answer was simple. "Just talk to us about what allyship actually is."
This article is my answer. It's built on the people who changed the game for me at different points in my transition — some through big acts of sponsorship, some by simply staying close and checking in. None of them had the full picture. All of them chose to step in anyway.
When you don't have the full picture, what does it look like to step in, rather than step back?
For Now: Learning to Live Between Answers
Halfway through a coaching session this week, I quoted… a puppet.
My coachee sighed: “I don't know if I can change this”
Me: “What if it's 'only for now?'” - realizing in that moment I had quoted a song from Avenue Q
I wasn't signalling resignation, but an ontological reset. When we shift the observer, new actions appear.
In this article, I write about leading between answers, without forcing certainty and the philosophy we can learn from musical puppets.