We humans have a curious relationship with definitions. We crave them. We want to know what something is, to draw a line around it, name it, and make the uncertain feel a little more certain. Or, sometimes, to undermine it. If you’ve been anywhere near leadership development over the last few decades, you’ve seen the endless search for the definition of a great leader, as if somewhere out there exists the perfect mix of qualities, behaviours, and competencies that will finall

We've all heard of it. Many of us have lived it. And still, we don't quite know what burnout is, or, in my experience, that we even have it until we're well inside it. Part One: What Leadership Burnout Actually Is A culture of overworking, overcommitting, and quietly losing our personal identity to professional success has delivered us one of the defining afflictions of our time. We call it a syndrome because it doesn't stay in one place, it moves through the whole system: ph

For years, photography guided me into presence. When my life took a turn I thought was for the better, which turned out to be for the worst, photography became the thread that led me back. Back to presence. Back to awe and back to joy. Through the lens, through walking in nature, through paying attention, I begun discovering something: My thoughts are not facts. And I am not my thoughts. This was a captivating revelation. The Discovery If we can notice our thoughts, then l