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It’s Not Art Unless It Has a Butt
Achieve a mid-year reset without needing an actual rock bottom to have a breakthrough.
16 hrs ago
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Aaron Ott
The Water Pressure Problem in Your Leadership
Why time and experience don’t automatically update the mental models running your decisions.
Jul 7
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Aaron Ott
June 2026
Find the Furthest Bathroom
The art of the intentional transition, the furthest bathroom, and being a stickler about lunch.
Jun 24
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Aaron Ott
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Three leadership lessons from a woman rowing solo across the Pacific ocean.
Jun 16
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Aaron Ott
Schrödinger’s Leader
How to develop the skill of being confidently unsure, being an expert and a beginner at the same time.
Jun 8
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Aaron Ott
May 2026
Moving Out of Averageville, USA
How losing touch with fun and joyful experiences limits our ability to lead and communicate with authenticity.
May 27
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Aaron Ott
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Creating Invisible Chaos
What Michael Scott reveals about the gap between how leaders experience growth and how their teams experience leaders.
May 18
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Aaron Ott
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You're invited...
from the peanut gallery to the stage.
May 11
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Aaron Ott
969 Stairs to the Acropolis
A handwritten list of landmarks, a wrong turn behind a souvenir shop, and what a foot tour through Athens taught me about why most leadership growth…
May 4
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Aaron Ott
April 2026
Deeds With the Weeds
What a Childhood Avoidance Habit and My Lawn Taught Me About the Work of Leadership
Apr 27
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Aaron Ott
There Is No Reality
How your 'realistic' thinking is killing your leadership.
Apr 21
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Aaron Ott
What the Artemis II Crew Knows About Leadership That Most Leaders Don't
From watercooler talk to Mission Control: integrity is either building trust or eroding it, and it's happening whether you're paying attention or not.
Apr 13
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Aaron Ott
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