The thinking behind the work.
Interviews with world-class minds for Big Think, feature articles, and essays on practical wisdom at work.
Published with Big Think.
For Big Think, I sit down with leading thinkers in decision science, performance, psychology, and meaning, and translate what they know into something a working leader can use.
- Annie Dukeon decisions, "resulting," and knowing when to quit.
- Arthur Brookson happiness, meaning, and the second half of success.
- Emily Balcetison attention and how what we see shapes what we do.
- Stanley McChrystalon judgment, risk, and leading under uncertainty. Publishing soon.
- Brad Stulbergon groundedness and sustainable excellence. Publishing soon.
The keynotes live at dkenny.net/talks. Strengths as Inner Fuel is up now — readable in full or playable as the talk — with Values and The Wrong Game on the way.
Long-form essays on the themes underneath all of it: the hidden cost of hollow achievement, why smart people still make unwise decisions, how high-performers can rebuild a relationship with their own ambition. Published on Seeking Wisdom, my personal newsletter.
- Jan 2026Learning How to Suffer
- Dec 2025The Three Paths to Wisdom: Experience, Imitation, and Reflection
- Nov 2025You Must Create
- Sep 2025If It Is to Be, It Is Up to We
- Aug 2025Why High-Achievers Are Surprisingly Bad at Big Decisions
- Jul 2025The Hidden Code: Discovering the Beliefs That Run Your Life
- Jul 2025You Have Already Arrived: Why the Oak Tree Is Always Perfect
- Jun 2025You Should Be Thinking About Death
- Apr 2025Letting Go of Achievement: From Mercenary to Emissary
- Mar 2025Doing More vs. Doing What Matters
- Mar 2025Your Internal Compass: Finding Fulfillment Beyond the Resume
- Mar 2025The Awareness Advantage: How to Break Free from Autopilot
- Feb 2025The Call to Adventure: Living a Meaning-Full Life
Where the writing started — essays from the original dkenny.net blog, 2021–2022, kept for the record. You can watch the thinking sharpen from here.
- Nov 2022Lead with Intentionality
- Nov 2022Forging Trust in Time for the Next Crisis
- Oct 2022Become an Adult by Ignoring What Your Parents Taught You
- Jun 2022To Be Found by the Light
- Apr 2022The Value of ‘little l’ Leadership
- Aug 202131 Lessons from 31 Years on This Planet
- Aug 2021Leaving Sports to Build Better Habits
- Jul 2021-ER Goals: What, Why, and How?
- Jul 2021A Confession on Writing
- Jul 2021Why I Do Jiu-Jitsu
- Jul 20215 Things I Learned from Submitting My PhD
The interviews surface the best current thinking. Work Wise translates it for leaders every week. The coaching and facilitation apply it inside real organizations. One body of work, pointed at the same thing: helping capable people act wisely when it matters.
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