Every time my family moved internationally, there was a period when everything we owned was somewhere in the middle of an ocean.

For a few weeks, we lived with only the essentials. A furnished apartment. A few clothes. Basic kitchen supplies. No clutter. No extras.

What surprised me was not what I missed.

It was how clearly I could think.

The hard problems became easier to focus on because nothing trivial was competing for attention.

Organizations face the same challenge.

Complexity almost always arrives disguised as ambition. But the ability to grow often depends on the discipline to simplify first.

The unexpected snowstorm is the perfect analogy for a common leadership failure. ⛈️

Most leaders react to today's fires. The best leaders prepare for tomorrow's forecast. It's time to fight short-term bias and move from chaos culture to anticipation culture.

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