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The Gingko Tree

Five Things I Built Last Month

What I'd Tell Myself on Day One

Counterpoint: Consultant and Parent

Apparently we needed to talk about money

A Meeting Worth Having

For the Client Side of the Table

Why It Keeps Getting Worse

The People at the Top Think Everything Is Fine

Parent and Consultant

Superforecasting

The Airplane Problem

Every Organization Has a Management Layer. How Is Yours Doing?

Forty Consultants Later

Consultants: You don’t need a manager. You need management.

After You Say Yes

What I actually ask in a first call

What if excellent management could be the default?

What Independent Consultants Actually Charge

The Test Comes First

The day Michaela passed her coaching exam, she bought diesel

Nope, Having Managers Isn’t the Same as Having Great Management (and new co-author Emily Berens)

You Don't Have Zero Bosses When You Go Independent. You Have Six.

Politics became identity, then belonging took over

The Brown M&M Test

The Seven Mindset Shifts That Change Everything

Conferences aren’t for the sessions

Organizing Loses When Politics Becomes Identity

Save Democracy, Cancel the Word "Smart"

Why your referral engine is broken (and how to fix it in 90 mins/week)

The consultant won’t save you

Math problem: “What we’ve been doing isn’t working” + Only 4% - 8% of people are born with the ability to think strategically” = (Read me)

Career Moves for People Who Hate Gambling

Plot twist: Telling someone to ‘think strategically’ is like trying to teach them to swim by describing water.

Oh noooo....is your hiring process actually filtering out strategic thinkers?

The 2026 Consultant Tech Stack (social impact edition)