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Tony’s blog dives into the messy, human, and transformative parts of leadership. These are real-time lessons from coaching sessions, keynote stages, and lived experience.
The Ancient Path That Every Modern Leader Needs Right Now
Ancient wisdom, modern leadership. Discover how the Buddhist Eightfold Path offers a living...
  • 10 min read
What the Pandemic Cracked Open (And Why AI Is Opening It Again)
Discover how the pandemic and AI are reshaping leadership, identity, and purpose—and why...
  • 6 min read
Why Structure Is the Key to Real Freedom
Discover why the most creative, authentic leaders rely on intentional structure to unlock...
  • 5 min read
Copenhagen Is More Than a Design Epicenter
Discover why play at work matters and what Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens can teach...
  • 6 min read
The Matrix Paradox: Why the Slowest Leaders Often Go the Farthest
Discover how slowing down your thinking unlocks multidimensional leadership, better decisions, and the...
  • 5 min read
The Buildings That Refused to Be One Thing
Discover how leadership reinvention can integrate past roles, skills, and identities into a...
  • 6 min read
Experience Design is about Shaping Identity
Explore how experience design shapes identity by creating intentional spaces where people can...
  • 6 min read
An Inspired Poem: Hope is a Fire
A powerful poem on hope and connection. Explore how presence, community, and shared...
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An Inspired Poem: Messy Middle
A reflective poem about identity, growth, and self-discovery. Explore the messy middle and...
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If Your Identity Were a City, What Would It Be?
Explore identity through the metaphor of a city and discover how your past...
  • 6 min read
Unreasonable Hospitality In A World of Efficiency
Discover how leaders create lasting impact by making people feel seen, valued, and...
  • 5 min read
An Inspired Poem: Art Is…
A reflective poem exploring what art truly is. Discover creativity, authenticity, and the...
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Play Is How We Find Our Way Back to Ourselves
Discover why play is essential for creativity, leadership, and reconnecting with your authentic...
  • 6 min read
Integration Is the New Intelligence
As AI accelerates, the real leadership advantage may not be intelligence but integration—the...
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Creative Destruction and the Courage to Stay Human
Discover how leaders can thrive amid AI disruption by embracing integration, multidimensional thinking,...
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The Quiet Cost of Convenience: On AI Fatigue and the Choice We’re Quietly Making
Explore the rise of AI fatigue, why human creativity needs friction, and how...
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What Neural Networks Reveal About Identity, Leadership, and the Future of Work
Discover how neural networks reveal powerful lessons about multidimensional leadership, identity integration, and...
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Mystery, Meaning & Multiplicity: Unlearning Old Frameworks and Leading with Questions
Discover why leading with questions, not certainty, helps leaders navigate complexity, embrace ambiguity,...
  • 6 min read
Do You Really Want to Get Uncomfortable?
Learn how to get out of your comfort zone with practical strategies that...
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Where Are the Leverage Points In a Poly-crisis World?
Learn how leaders can uncover leverage points, strengthen resilience, and transform interconnected challenges...
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From A Bad Idea to Breakthrough
Discover why breakthrough ideas often begin as bad ideas and how leaders can...
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What Hidden Spaces Teach Us About Leadership, Creativity, and the Courage to Look Deeper
Explore how hidden spaces inspire leadership, creativity, curiosity, and innovation through deeper reflection...
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An Inspired Poem: Hope For A Broken World
Explore an inspiring reflection on hope, resilience, and finding light amid uncertainty, division,...
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From Accumulation to Stewardship: Why the Next Chapter ofLeadership Isn’t About More
Explore why stewardship leadership is replacing accumulation as the key to sustainable success,...
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Who’s in the Room? Designing a Personal Board for Your Next Chapter
Learn how a personal board of directors helps leaders gain perspective, avoid blind...
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An Inspired Poem: What’s So Urgent About Peace, Love, and Understanding?
Discover why peace, love, and understanding remain essential leadership practices in a divided...
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What This Year Asked Me to Unlearn: A Year-End Reflection Through Books
A reflection on the books that shaped leadership, creativity, uncertainty, and human connection...
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Small Acts of Leadership
Discover how small acts of leadership build trust, psychological safety, connection, and meaningful...
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The Paradox of Collective Genius
Explore how collective genius, collaboration, and diverse thinking help leaders unlock innovation, trust,...
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We Are Complex Organisms Just Trying to Make Something Happen
Learn how leaders can navigate complexity, culture, and change by leading organizations as...
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Energy Leadership Is a Superpower
Discover how Energy Leadership helps leaders shift mindset, influence culture, and lead with...
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Your Brilliance Is Not Fading – It’s Unfolding
A powerful reframe on late-blooming leadership, creative growth, and why meaningful brilliance often...
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From Collector to Curator: The Art of Turning Sparks Into Fire
Learn how creative curation helps leaders and creators transform scattered ideas into clarity,...
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Learning to Lead Between What We Forget and What We Cannot See
Explore how reflective leadership helps leaders balance history, uncertainty, and wisdom to navigate...
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The Eightfold Path: The Way of the Buddhist Leader
Discover how Buddhist wisdom and mindful leadership practices help leaders create balance, clarity,...
  • 6 min read
Why Real Change Requires New Reward Systems
Learn how organizational reward systems influence behavior, leadership, culture, and sustainable transformation....
  • 4 min read
The Beauty of Being Wrong
Discover why learning from mistakes helps leaders build trust, adapt faster, and create...
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The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together
Learn why authentic leadership begins with wholeness, not perfection, and how showing your...
  • 5 min read
What’s Your Mission?
Learn how to find your life purpose by recognizing the patterns, passions, and...
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Leaders Are Readers

Tony’s Book Shelf

your brain on art book
Your Brain on Art

Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
the power of wonder book
The Power of Wonder
Monica Parker
the bezos blueprint book
The Bezos Blueprint

Carmine Gallo
the creative act book
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
real time leadership book
Real-Time Leadership
David Noble & Carol Kauffman
compassionate leadership book
Compassionate Leadership
Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter
fixed book
Fixed
Amy Herman
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Principles

Ray Dalio
the beautiful business book
The Beautiful Business
Steven Morris
thinking fast and slow book
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
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your brain on art book
Your Brain on Art
Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
the power of wonder book
The Power of Wonder
Monica Parker
the bezos blueprint book
The Bezos Blueprint
Carmine Gallo
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
real time leadership book
Real-Time Leadership
David Noble & Carol Kauffman
Hidden Potential
Adam Grant
The Power of Moments
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
The Right Kind of Wrong
Amy Edmondson
Infectious Generosity
Chris Anderson
Longpath
Ari Wallach
Trillion Dollar Coach
Bill Campbell
Awe
Dacher Keltner
10% Happier
Dan Harris
Triumph of the City
Edward Glaeser
Humble Inquiry
Edgar Schein
compassionate leadership book
Compassionate Leadership
Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter
fixed book
Fixed
Amy Herman
principles ray dalio
Principles
Ray Dalio
the beautiful business book
The Beautiful Business
Steven Morris
thinking fast and slow book
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Listful Thinking
Paula Rizzo
Conscience and Courage
John Hawkins
From Strength to Strength
Arthur Brooks
Quiet
Susan Cain
The Long Game
Dorie Clark
Flux
April Rinne
The 10% Entrepreneur
Patrick J. McGinnis
Unleashed
Rick Simmons & Amy Simmons
Advice Not Given
Mark Epstein
Building A Second Brain
Tiago Forte
VisuaLeadership
Todd Cherches
The Nexus
Julio Mario Ottino & Bruce Mau
Bittersweet
Susan Cain
The Power of Regret
Daniel Pink
The Infinite Game
Simon Sinek
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis
Mindset
Carol Dweck
Alien Thinking
Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux & Michael Wade
Visual Intelligence
Amy Herman
Think Again
Adam Grant
Die Empty
Todd Henry
The Start-Up of You
Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha
Travel as a Political Act
Rick Steves
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
Rebel Talent
Francesca Gino
Creative Quest
Questlove
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton Christensen
The Art of Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Discover Your Genius
Michael Gelb
Start With Why
Simon Sinek
Conversational Intelligence
Judith Glaser
Code Of The Extraordinary Mind
Vishen Lakhiani
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
Art Thinking
Amy Whitaker
Upstream
Dan Heath
The Big Leap
Gay Hendricks
Good to Great
Jim Collins
Wired to Create
Scott Barry Kaufman
Reinventing You
Dorie Clark
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Ronald Heifetz, Marty Linsky, & Alex Grashow
Measure What Matters
John Doerr
Questions Are the Answer
Hal Gregersen
Wisdom at Work
Chip Conley
Career Imprints
Monica Higgins
Big Potential
Shawn Achor
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Chris McChesney
Full-Spectrum Thinking
Bob Johansen
Leading With Emotional Courage
Peter Bregman
Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps
Jennifer Garvey Berger
Disrupt Yourself
Whitney Johnson
The Fearless Organization
Amy Edmondson
Essentialism
Greg McKeown
The Warrior Within
John Little
The Pause Principle
Kevin Cashman
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey
A Curious Mind
Brian Grazer
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
Give and Take
Adam Grant
The Book Of Mistakes
Skip Prichard
The Inspiration  Code
Kristi Hedges
Illuminate
Nancy Duarte
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella