Invisible Expectations, Unseen Assumptions
“We thought you knew.” They didn’t say it out loud. They rarely do. But the silence was there, humming beneath every meeting invite, every handoff, every task that didn’t come…
Author: rogersiggs
Sabotaging Ourselves
Fifteen years of service. Gone in six hours. That’s the start of this post by my friend, David Biggs, a former Foreign Service Officer and team lead in science diplomacy…
“What Does Leadership Mean?” is the Wrong Question
Leadership isn’t what it used to be.And honestly? That’s a relief. The old playbook—top-down control, charisma theater, performance reviews as power plays—wasn’t working even when the world was “normal.” Now,…
When “Distraction” Is Just Misunderstood Attention: Motivation, Remote Leadership, and Reframing Priorities
I was listening to Making It—the podcast by Bob Clagett, Jimmy Diresta, and David Picciuto—when they got onto the topic of distractions. Specifically, how things we label as “distractions” can…
Remote by Intention 4 – Designing Culture That Lives
When I started this series, I wasn’t my intention to write a manifesto. I was trying to map the practices that helped my teams stop treading water and start building…