Most people chase leadership like it's a summit to climb-degrees, MBAs, frameworks, lanyards, acronyms. There's a roadmap for it, and a line to get in. I fell into it backwards, through a side door made of Lego, carrying a rally helmet, a server rack, and an armful of fantasy novels, movies, and dreams. There was probably a half-drunk coffee somewhere in the mix too-there usually is. I've never really been drawn to what's normal. Normal is what built the Industrial Era. Normal is what gave us hierarchy, control, and rigid systems that worked-until they didn't. Normal is what breaks under pressure in the Digital Era, where complexity, speed, and ambiguity rule. I believe weirdness-real, principled, intentional weirdness-is where progress begins. And I've made a career out of seeing what others miss. That's not marketing spin. That's just... how my brain is wired. Through M31 Consulting, I work with leaders and founders who accidentally lost control of their digital direction. They handed it off-sometimes to vendors, sometimes to internal teams, sometimes just to chaos-and now they want it back. Not to manage it line by line, but to lead it with clarity, confidence, and heart. I help them do that, not as a coach, not as a techie, but as a guide. A translator between the seen and the unseen. Between humans and machines. Between legacy systems and what's next. But at the centre of it all is a mission: to help people see what's been hiding in plain sight. Because in a world of dashboards and data, of automation and AI, the real leadership gap isn't technical-it's human. The Industrial Era taught us how to follow. The Digital Era demands we learn how to adapt. And when we embrace the weird, lean into imagination, and reclaim the parts of ourselves we were told to leave at the door? That's when the magic happens. If you're ready to lead from that place... I'm already on your team.
