Tag: clarity

• Trading Applause for Alignment

  

  Photo by Headway on Unsplash Author’s Note This piece explores a subtle but important distinction: the difference between applause and alignment. It’s not written as a critique of any one leader or culture, but as a reflection on a pattern many of us have observed and, at times, participated in—the slow drift from substance to…

  Dom

  August 23, 2025

  Leadership & Teamwork, Philosophy

  alignment, clarity, corporate-theater, culture-design, employee-engagement, Leadership, life, Mindfulness, organizational-culture, performance-vs-substance, Personal Development, quiet-leadership, systems-thinking, Trust, values-in-action

• Bridges, Not Walls: The Strategic Value of Operational Transparency

  

  Photo by Denis Panfilov on Unsplash Title note: This piece is about organizational transparency and cross‑functional translation. The title comes from an internal tool I built (“Bridges, Not Barriers”), not from any current political event or protest. Lighting the Valley—How Transparency Built a Revolution The first lightbulb flickered to life in a Tennessee farmhouse in…

  Dom

  July 26, 2025

  Leadership & Teamwork, Management, Philosophy, Work Trends

  after action reviews, Change Management, clarity, Collaboration, Communication, corporate alignment, Cross-Functional Teams, culture, decision making, feedback loops, kpis, Leadership, operational strategy, organizational design, systems thinking, Transparency, TVA