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Audio transmissions of reflections from Low diatribe - unpolished thoughts on leadership and growth.

  1. Voltron form

    Mar 27

    Voltron form

    When I was a kid, Voltron taught me something about teams I didn't have words for yet. Not that strong parts combine — but that they have to be whole before they can. Formation isn't a destination. It's a practice you keep earning.

    9 min
  2. In between notes

    Mar 6

    In between notes

    Trust isn't built in the dramatic moments — the crises, the wins, the hard conversations. It's built in the unremarkable Thursday. The Slack message that didn't need to be sent. The meeting that ended early. Miles Davis knew it about music. The same is true for teams, relationships, and life.

    5 min
  3. Batteries not necessarily included

    Feb 20

    Batteries not necessarily included

    My dog still respects an invisible fence whose batteries died years ago. Watching her obey a boundary that no longer exists made me wonder: how many of my own limits are just phantom constraints I've internalized? On untraining the conditioning that keeps us flinching at barriers that aren't even there.

    9 min
  4. The cost of experience

    Feb 13

    The cost of experience

    How competence narrows your life by making you unwilling to be a beginner. Re-embracing shoshin (beginner's mind) by choosing to be bad at new things—for yourself and for those watching.

    13 min
  5. Another brick in the wall

    Feb 10

    Another brick in the wall

    I keep several bins of LEGO bricks — some sorted, mostly not. Japanese concepts like ikigai, kaizen, and wabi-sabi give me language for what I'm learning: how I approach those bins is how I lead. Quietly. Imperfectly. One brick at a time.

    8 min
  6. I want to be my dog

    Feb 6

    I want to be my dog

    Watching my French Bulldog Henri move through the world without carrying stories forward, I'm learning the difference between broken and wounded. The filters I built to protect me became walls, I can choose when to set them aside.

    6 min
  7. Someone was watching

    Feb 3

    Someone was watching

    Pops was watching from around the corner while I learned to walk. Years later, I'm learning what it means to hold space for others the way he held space for me.

    8 min
  8. I'm scared too — I do it anyway

    Jan 30

    I'm scared too — I do it anyway

    Courage isn't the absence of fear — it's acting despite it. From learning to walk in secret to presenting with visible trembling, the practice of carrying fear while still moving forward.

    6 min
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