Looking Ahead: the Power of Relational Foresight

The power of Relational Foresight.

I remember sitting in a glass-walled conference room five years ago, watching a high-stakes merger crumble in real-time. It wasn’t because the spreadsheets were wrong or the financial models failed; it was because everyone in the room was blind to the simmering resentment between the two leadership teams. They had all the data, but they …

Stay on Topic: Avoiding Kitchen-sinking During Arguments

The "Kitchen-sinking" mitigation for better arguments.

I still remember sitting in a windowless conference room three years ago, watching a project manager nod enthusiastically as a client listed their forty-seventh “must-have” feature. The air felt heavy with the collective dread of the dev team, because we all knew exactly what was happening: we were falling into the trap of the feature …