Realistic optimism without action is just a nice attitude. Here's how to turn the yeah-buts into a plan and the small steps into momentum.

What you expect of your team shapes what they deliver. The Pygmalion effect has been tested hundreds of times and it's never been debunked. So what are your expectations teaching people?

Where you put your attention shapes what you believe is possible. Most of us are doomscrolling our own experience without realising it.

Your explanatory style is the story your brain tells you before you've had time to think. Here's how to catch it — and change it.

Cynicism might feel intellectually rigorous, but it's never actually helped anyone get anything done. Here's what I think works instead — and the bit I want to argue about.