Most leadership conversations focus on what to do differently. These voices begin somewhere else.
They begin with moments when perception shifted and the world was no longer seen in quite the same way. Often quietly. Sometimes through difficulty. Always through direct experience rather than theory.
Each conversation explores what changes when people slow down, look again, and trust what they’re actually seeing. Not as a concept or a method, but as something lived and felt in real situations.
If you’re here looking for answers, you may not find them. If you’re here willing to notice what’s already present, let if find you. Sometimes seeing differently begins by listening to how others learned to look again.
The Voices
Susan Taylor — When listening stopped being an effort and became something that happened on its own.
Joseph Jaworski — When leadership moved from personal intention to participation in a larger unfolding.
Katharine Williams — When the need to influence gave way to the willingness to stay present with what was emerging.
Ruth Davey — When slowing down revealed that the answers were already in front of her.