The Expansion Effect

Preparing to prepare

A few thoughts from the gap between knowing and doing

Oct 22 • 

Joseph Logan

The relief you felt when you got laid off is data

How to stop playing a rigged game and do work that doesn't require performing.

Oct 15 • 

Joseph Logan

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What people actually need (and it's not another job)

People miss the paycheck and community more than work. Let's give them that.

Oct 8 • 

Joseph Logan

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The 14-Year-Old Who Wakes Up at 4:30am

And what he knows that we forgot.

Oct 1 • 

Joseph Logan

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September 2025

What's uniquely human? Presence.

RTO mandates are silly. You should go to the office anyway.

Sep 17 • 

Joseph Logan

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What's your plan...?

How to think about leading in an economy that's holding its breath.

Sep 3 • 

Joseph Logan

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August 2025

The End of the Dependence Contract

How the dependence era trained talent to play small—and why independence + interdependence wins.

Aug 27 • 

Joseph Logan

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The Last Normal Year

Q1 2026 is the canary. Q3 2026 is the coal mine.

Aug 20 • 

Joseph Logan

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Midpoint.

What we're learning from decentralized leadership in action.

Aug 13 • 

Joseph Logan

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We need to talk about coaching.

The way we're doing it isn't working. Here's what might.

Aug 8 • 

Joseph Logan

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July 2025

The implementation guide: from pyramid to network

What leaders need to DO now to thrive in the age of distributed intelligence

Jul 30 • 

Joseph Logan

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What we're seeing in the field

The necessary emergence of decentralized, adaptive organizations

Jul 23 • 

Joseph Logan

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