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June 2026

How to not fail at retirement ?

Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:08 AM
Last year I decided retire from corporate life and return to Australia. I was talking to a good friend who had made the same move a few years before me and he asked me if I had a plan to avoid being...

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆

Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:06 AM
I was listening to a podcast with Gordon Ramsay and he was reflecting on what shaped his thinking as a chef and a leader. He was so passionate about making mistakes, having them called out, and how...

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝟱𝟬% 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟱𝟬% 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮.

Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:04 AM
I remember asking our Chief Technology Officer one day:"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 — 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰...

"Always a more beautiful answer, who asks a more beautiful question."

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:31 PM
The poet E. E. Cummings wrote this as the introduction to his 1938 Collected Poems. It's a deceptively simple idea — and one of the most powerful principles I know for leading in today's complex and...

ONLY do what ONLY you can do … Part II

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:26 PM
I recently posted about a valuable insight that every leader should be reflecting on regularly, particularly when they are feeling overwhelmed: ‘ONLY do what ONLY you can do’. The benefit of this is...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗽, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗽 ?

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:00 PM
There's a moment in every emerging leader's development that nobody warns you about. You've gone from expert to project leader to team leader. You've delivered.  You've grown. You feel...

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:00 PM
I was once given this lighthearted insight ‘𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’. After laughing at...