Join me on 12/12/25 to explore how you can remove perverse incentives and instead provide healthier ways for teams to gain meaningful insights into the outcomes of their experiments. Then put theory into practice by exploring metrics for your ecosystem buff.ly/k9NFbjH

What do tomato processing, healthcare, video games, and outdoor apparel have in common? They're all industries where companies are replacing mechanistic management with nature-inspired approaches. Discover how real organizations are putting is.gd/cdD4bA

Beneath the forest floor lies the 'Wood Wide Web'—vast fungal networks connecting trees in complex communication systems. Discover how these invisible connective tissues parallel the knowledge networks that make organizations truly is.gd/Hxlk9S

The garden grows with both trellises and open fields. This isn't an either-or proposition—it's a both-and reality. The wisdom lies in recognizing when to provide structure and when to create space, understanding that both are essential is.gd/P4ltRM

Beyond quarterly thinking: IKEA's "Testament of a Furniture Dealer" has guided their evolution for almost 50 years, allowing them to adapt while maintaining core identity. Discover how their forest-inspired approach balances short-term is.gd/cqKc7O

These organizations didn't achieve results by implementing mechanical frameworks or copying best practices. Instead, they cultivated conditions where natural organizational behaviors could emerge—exactly as our ecosystem metaphors is.gd/cdD4bA

Not all teams are ready for the same measurement approach. A team in "survival mode" needs different tools than one that's "groovin' in real-time." Find your starting point: from basic safety checks for struggling teams to predictive is.gd/kt02cn

There's no CEO tree in the woods, yet forests exhibit incredible coordination and resilience. Teams already have the instincts for natural collaboration – those moments when everything clicks and flow is effortless. The question isn't is.gd/sXxDQ4

Organizations aren't machines to optimize—they're living ecosystems to nurture. My latest series explores how teams can work WITH their brains, not against them, using five adaptive practices: Scan, Predict, Experiment, Reflect, Share. is.gd/y5fQfQ

What if organizational constraints could drive innovation rather than limiting it? Netflix's evolution reveals how thoughtfully calibrated boundaries—like tide pool walls—can create protected spaces where creativity and disciplined is.gd/n8OEFM

With each unpacked box, I'm not just settling into this tiny home, but expanding into a more spacious version of myself. Think. Read. Write. Listen. Draw. Walk. Run. Ride. Cook. Eat. Sleep. Ponder. Wander. I'm not sure what's next. Stay is.gd/9WLzV6

Organizations aren't machines to optimize—they're living ecosystems to nurture. My latest series explores how teams can work WITH their brains, not against them, using five adaptive practices: Scan, Predict, Experiment, Reflect, Share. is.gd/y5fQfQ

"Everything people ever worry about doesn't happen. It's totally different things that happen. So you might as well do it and deal with the actual problems that happen, rather than the worries that never eventuate." – Sandy Mamoli. Forest is.gd/sXxDQ4

Your brain rewards busy-ness with dopamine hits. Every email answered, every box checked triggers "I did something." It doesn't matter if the work was valuable. You feel productive when you're busy—even when that busy-ness is destroying is.gd/R1ag7G

Your inner critic isn't your enemy—it's a misguided prediction system. In my latest post, I explore how modern neuroscience reveals we can transform these 'gremlins' into protective 'gargoyles' that offer wisdom rather than fear. The key? is.gd/XVPoAw

You know that old metaphor about working like a mushroom... being kept in the dark and covered in shit? Turns out it's exactly backwards. During daily walks through the woods, I discovered that the most successful fungi are masters of is.gd/sXxDQ4

The 'lizard brain' myth is sabotaging your team's potential. Modern neuroscience reveals our brains aren't primitive, emotional, and rational layers fighting for control—they're sophisticated prediction machines capable of rewiring is.gd/y5fQfQ

Moved cross-country. Said no to my publishing schedule. Said yes to settling into life. That personal boundary revealed something crucial: the same patterns that drive individual overcommitment scale up to sabotage entire teams. Meet the is.gd/zMoiDw

We nurture the seeds of today for tomorrow's blooms. In our achievement-oriented culture, this requires patience and faith in processes that unfold over seasons we can't rush. The conversations we have today with struggling team members is.gd/P4ltRM

My inner project manager told me, 'No problem, you've got this, plenty of time to do all the things, and still research, write, refine, and publish as planned, every week.' Like I said, the best laid plans. Sometimes the most powerful is.gd/9WLzV6