Politeness is not governance
9 July 2026
The hardest conversation in a hard season is the one most boards are too polite to have.
Field notes.
Writing about organizations, leadership, and the decisions that shape them. Published first to subscribers, and collected here.
What you'll find here.
Three kinds of writing, all in the same voice as everything else.
Stories from the seasons. What a transition, a board that's lost its footing, or a wind-down actually looks like from the inside, always with identities protected (see Confidentiality).
Thought leadership. The arguments the sector keeps deferring: strategy as choice, contribution over credit, combination explored early, the real cost of leader isolation.
Research, where it earns its place. The evidence beneath the practice, and any original work down the road, grounded in the Canadian and BC sector.
The notes.
Published first to subscribers, and gathered here, newest first.
Philanthropy is not a rescue
2 July 2026
On the hire that lets a board avoid the question a hard season is actually asking.
A bravery practice
18 June 2026
Not strategic planning, not coaching, not search. When people ask what kind of practice this is, this is the truest answer I have.
The name, the land, and the story it tells
12 June 2026
Apipunsit is a Mi'kmaq word: to spend the winter. Why I chose it, what it asks of me, and the worldview it carries.
Why I built this
12 June 2026
The pressure that made this practice necessary wasn't singular but compounded, in many rooms, from different seats, over time.
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