The Sunday Dispatches

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The most useful conversations aren’t with people who have it all figured out. They’re with people who are working in the messy middle, thinking through problems they’ve never faced before.

It’s a beautiful but sometimes daunting place. If that’s where you are, these weekly essays are for you.

Absence of context

Just look at the image that goes with this post. There’s a lot going on, right? It’s abstract, complex, and maybe a little overwhelming. Now think about your communication with client executives... do you mainly focus on selling them the “issue,” or explaining who you are and how

23 May 2026

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Guide not Guru

I was surprised when this post came up in my LinkedIn feed. Guide not guru. That’s me? It’s taken a long time to get here. I aimed for that 30 years ago when I broke free from corporate. Asking questions, paying attention, offering a perspective without prescription. Of

22 May 2026

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Maximum Attention

I remember walking out of a meeting thinking I’d done a good job. I persuaded, got my points across, and people seemed to agree. But afterwards my boss took me to one side and told me, “You weren’t really paying attention in there Clive, you can do better

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