Writing

Essays on responsibility

Accountability, influence without titles, and the leadership that authority alone cannot supply.

Crisis Leadership10 minute read

The Leader Who Had No Title: Influence from the Ground Up

Crises have a way of reordering the world’s assumptions. Systems that look strong on paper bend under pressure; ten-step plans collapse under the weight of reality; job titles lose their magic.

Crisis Leadership8 minute read

The Power of Influence in Times of Chaos

When the sky falls in, people don't instinctively run to the org chart. They run to the person who calms them, the one who acts, the one they trust.

Crisis Leadership3 minute read

Why True Leaders Emerge from Any Level of the Org Chart

Crisis has a way of exposing the truth about leadership. It strips away the safety nets of titles, hierarchies, and org charts, revealing who can truly step up when it matters most.

Crisis Leadership2 minute read

It is in times of crisis true leaders emerge

Humanity is going through a crisis, unlike others, it has experienced for over a decade. Fear and panic have become commonplace and most of us don’t know what the future will look like.

Humanitarian Technology12 minute read

The Sandy Legacy

Less than a week has passed since Hurricane Sandy passed over the Caribbean and the US East Coast, leaving a trail of destruction and death behind. Only seven years have passed since Hurricane Katrina, one of the costliest disasters of all times left a...

Humanitarian Technology4 minute read

Leaving a legacy

“There comes a time in your life when your focus shifts from success to significance”– Edward G. Happ (Chairman NetHope, CIO IFRC) Throughout my close to twenty years of volunteering and working for non-profit organizations, I have had the honor of leading...

Crisis Leadership3 minute read

Crisis Leaders without titles

One of the best books I read this year was The Leader Without a Title by Robin Sharma who previously has authored great books like The Monk who sold his Ferrari and The Greatness Guide. In The Leader Without a Title, Robin points out that you don’t need to...