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29/07/2026

AI was supposed to give us our time back. For a lot of leaders, it's done the opposite — one more inbox, one more tool, one more thing to keep up with. This episode asks the only question that matters: is AI actually making you more effective, or just busier in a shinier way?

The big top-down AI initiatives tend to stall because tools dropped on an overloaded team just add load. What I see working is bottom-up: individual leaders finding one thing AI does better and letting it.

Get the book: https://busyisbroken.com
Q20 Growth Diagnostic (free): https://scalingcoach.com/Q20

01/07/2026

If the data on overwork is this loud, why do otherwise rational leaders keep flooring it? After twenty years of coaching CEOs, I've found five engines that keep smart leaders stuck in patterns they know aren't working. Identity. Fear. Habit. Culture. Adrenaline. They're not character flaws — they're operating systems. And most leaders run on at least two or three simultaneously.

These compound. Fear drives micromanagement. Micromanagement feeds the identity of being needed. The adrenaline of firefighting masks the strategic neglect underneath. This week's invitation: name your engine out loud. Don't pick the one that sounds least bad. Pick the one that's actually driving your behavior.

Get the book: https://busyisbroken.com
Q20 Growth Diagnostic (free): https://scalingcoach.com/Q20

24/06/2026

Paul Witkay has been sitting in confidential rooms with chief executives through every cycle since the dot-com era. His quarterly CEO Business Barometer tracks what leaders are actually thinking — and the data right now is striking. After eighteen months frozen by uncertainty, CEOs shifted to action. But here's the paradox: they're calmer about the world and more worried about their own companies.

We dig into the AI numbers — the only indicator showing as a tailwind in a sea of headwinds. Twenty-nine percent of CEOs are adding staff because of AI while only twelve percent are cutting. If you lead a company and you're trying to figure out how to move forward when nobody has the answers, this one's for you.

Q20 Growth Diagnostic (free): https://scalingcoach.com/Q20

17/06/2026

Every CEO story gets told from the leader's chair. This episode flips the camera. I walk through four composite vignettes — anonymized but visceral — drawn from real teams I've coached. The Chaotic Team. The Unsafe Team. The Resigned Team. The Frozen Team. Each one shows what a leader's patterns look like from the other side of the table.

The hard truth is the gap between how you'd describe your leadership and how your team would describe it. This week's invitation: ask one person on your team — "What's the one thing I do that makes your job harder?" Then listen. Don't defend. Don't explain.

Get the book: https://busyisbroken.com
Q20 Growth Diagnostic (free): https://scalingcoach.com/Q20

10/06/2026

Had a great conversation with Tess Fyalka about something every growing company gets wrong — delegation. Tess spent 25 years cleaning up what happens when you promote your best people into leadership and hand them zero tools to actually lead. She walks through why most delegation fails and introduces her framework of "delengagement" — a smarter way to hand off without dumping.

If you've ever said "it's faster to do it myself," this one's for you.

Q20 Growth Diagnostic (free): https://scalingcoach.com/Q20

18/12/2025

Preparing for Meetings: Consider Your Team's Comfort

14/09/2025

Creating a Future Beyond Your Role: The Key to Business Success

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28/07/2024

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25/07/2024

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Some of our Growth Navigator CEOs out sailing after our mid year strategy session.
27/06/2024

Some of our Growth Navigator CEOs out sailing after our mid year strategy session.

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