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I coined HFML (Human-First Mechanical Leadership) and turn stories into deployable leadership mechanisms. Fewer meetings. Cleaner outcomes.

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About

Most leadership content sounds clever and dies by Monday. This is different: decision rules, cadence, clarity rails, and execution loops you can actually run. Pop culture is the wrapper. Mechanisms are the outcome.

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Grounding
UK tech leader turned product builder. I coined HFML (Human-First Mechanical Leadership) and built the tooling (HackTheSim) plus Leadership Playbooks the same way I ran enterprise work: define inputs, build rails, measure outcomes, iterate.
Core belief: motivation fades. Mechanisms hold.
Original framework by Dennis Knight. Not affiliated with other organisations unless explicitly stated.
What you get here
Kits you can deploy in the real world. Shortcuts for clarity, cadence, focus, energy, and execution.
If it cannot survive a Monday morning, it does not ship.
Outcome
98%
Critical risk reduction
Scale
26,000+
Users supported
Signal
2M → 500K
Vuln drop in 14 days
Method
Mechanisms
Not motivation

Playbook Finder

Pick a category, answer a few quick prompts, get a sensible starting kit. Use Search if you want to hunt by keyword.

Pick your answers and hit “Recommend a kit”.

Triage Console

Quick signal check. Set it to your weekly meeting load. If it hits the red zone: book via SSA for diagnosis, or self-serve a reset from the kits.

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You’re in a workable zone. Pick a kit and tighten the loop.
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The Collection

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Type a keyword like meetings, focus, execution, or a name like Ferris.

For Leaders
Mindset

Joyful Rebel (Ferris Bueller)

Why taking it easy is actually the hardest strategic move you can make for your team

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Coming Soom

Ryan Renolyds

Coming Soon

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For Visionaries
Vision

The Dream (MLK)

How to turn vague strategy into a vivid future your team can actually see and feel.

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For Foumders
Strategy

The Focus Arc (Jobs)

Radical clarity, inevitable flow, and the discipline of doing one thing perfectly.

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For Ops
Systems

The Mechanism (Jeff Bezos)

Stop relying on good intentions. Use customer complaints as raw design inputs.

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