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Mind & Presence
Why Steve Jobs’ Zen Actually Worked in Business
And Why It Was Never About Calmness Introduction Steve Jobs is often described as a visionary, a perfectionist, or a demanding leader.Less commonly understood is how deeply Zen practice shaped the way he made decisions—and why that influ... -
Samurai
Why Presence Cannot Be Taught in Leadership Programs
Leadership programs promise many things. Clarity.Confidence.Executive presence. They offer frameworks, language, and techniques designed to shape better leaders. And yet, many senior leaders leave these programs with a quiet frustration.... -
Samurai
Decisiveness Without Urgency — The Samurai Approach to Action
At senior levels of leadership, decisiveness is often misunderstood. Many assume it means speed.Faster decisions.Immediate responses.Constant movement. But urgency is not the same as decisiveness. In fact, urgency often signals instabili... -
Samurai
Why the Samurai Mind Matters in Leadership — Especially When Thinking Isn’t Enough
Most leadership advice focuses on thinking. Think more clearly.Analyze more deeply.Make better decisions. And for a long time, that works. But at a certain level of responsibility, leaders encounter a different problem—not a lack of inte... -
Samurai
Why Great Leaders Stop Explaining Themselves
At a certain stage of leadership, something changes. Early on, explanation is useful.Leaders explain vision, strategy, values, and decisions.Clarity builds alignment. But at higher levels of responsibility, explanation begins to lose its... -
Zen
When Leadership Reaches Its Limit — Why Zen and the Samurai Mind Become Necessary
There is a stage in leadership where advice stops being useful. Not because leaders stop learning,but because most guidance continues to assume the same thing: That better thinking will solve the problem. For a long time, it does.Strateg...
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