The Way I See It
The Way I See It is a short, punchy podcast unpacking how business operates behind the scenes, hiring, leadership, performance, and decision-making - shaped by experience across global organisations and the reality of building one from scratch.
Built from real-world experience, not theory, each episode is designed to challenge your thinking, offer a subjective perspective, and leave you with something worth considering.
The Way I See It
Ignorance is bliss
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You brought them in for change - then asked them to fit in.
Most businesses don’t lose value when they hire, they lose it in what happens next.
In this episode, I break down one of the most common and expensive leadership mistakes: hiring capability, then immediately overriding it. What starts as a strong hire quickly becomes a more expensive version of what already exists.
We get into:
- Why onboarding often dilutes the very thinking you hired
- The difference between hiring for capability vs hiring for comfort
- How good operators unintentionally suppress new ideas
- And the one question every leader should ask after making a hire
This is a subjective take, drawn from real-world experience across global organisations and now, building one, not theory.
Short episode. Practical thinking. Designed to challenge perspective and sharpen how you operate.
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