Josh

In a world of constant pings, pop-ups, and platforms, attention is no longer something you are given. It is something you have to earn. And keep. Whether you're leading a team, delivering a presentation, or writing a proposal, you're competing with more than just short attention spans. You're competing with everything. After years of working across education, leadership development, and professional training, one thing is clear: the people who communicate well don’t just send out information.

The smartest teams don’t aim for perfection. They aim for progress. Inspired by elite cycling and great teaching, this piece explores why the best leaders embrace failure, design for learning, and build momentum 1% at a time. After working on leadership programs and educator uplift projects, we started seeing the overlap—turns out, great teaching and great leadership aren’t that different after all.