A series of sessions on why no leadership decision is neutral. Each one distributes power, consequence and cost, and these episodes ask who is left carrying them.
Poor leadership leaves lasting costs—burnout, self-doubt, and the slow work of rebuilding confidence—but we treat them as personal failings instead of leadership failures. In this episode, I argue that leadership is inherently political because every decision distributes power, consequence, and cost, and I ask why we never measure the damage people are left to recover from.
Most organisations have values, but pressure reveals whether they are commitments or simply branding. In this episode, Chisom explores why the gap between stated and lived values is a feature of organisational design, not just hypocrisy, and what leaders, managers, and employees can do when the values they were promised no longer hold.
In this episode, Chisom examines the workplace archetype that shapes who is seen as leadership material and who is treated as a problem. She explores how the same behaviours are rewarded or punished depending on race, gender, class, and proximity to the organisational default, revealing that what looks like perception is, in fact, a system of power.
In this episode, Chisom argues that understanding harm is not enough if we remain powerless to prevent it. She explores what it means to build power—individually, collectively, and institutionally—and why leadership, organisations, and society must move beyond helping people survive harmful systems to changing who holds power within them.