Archive - Read the Terrain

I Built the Plan for Someone Else

Every plan has a person in it. Check that it's the right one.

Nov 3

My leadership book is out today

Paperback and ebook, live now. Where to get it (and how to help if you can’t buy one today).

Nov 2

Read the Terrain is officially in the wild

Paperback, ebook, every online bookstore. Grab yours!

Nov 2

October 2026

I lead for a living. Last weekend I didn’t.

What a weekend off from being in charge taught me about forecasts, setbacks, and letting someone else fix it

Oct 15

A Ban Is Not a Mission

What one school district's AI reversal says about the decisions the rest of us feel sure about.

Oct 14

Before You Reach, Look Around

A four-question pause for leaders who do it or dictate it.

Oct 8

I Was Already Mid-Flight Onto the Dryer

Self-reliance built out of necessity doesn’t retire when the necessity does.

Oct 6

September 2026

Hold Up. Say That Again.

A stranger showed up for my book. I let a colleague’s idea drop.

Sep 29

My Leadership Book Has a Launch Date

Read the Terrain arrives November 2. First, a hill climb in Big Bear.

Sep 23

Why Digital Natives Are Not Digitally Literate

We confused app consumption with systems thinking, and legacy management is making it worse.

Sep 15

The Day I Struck the Word Mandate From My Vocabulary

I wrote a book about the things I got wrong first. It’s real now.

Sep 10

The Gray Blocks on My October Calendar

I keep protecting time for things that do not exist yet, and I think it means something

Sep 2

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