Editorial + Conceptual

Illustrations for publications

Hacking Leadership: An illustration for an online publication regarding organizational leadership. This image conveys the call for leaders to take action to address issues while window is available versus inaction which will still shape the system. It is not meant for heroics but to set things in order before the cost of repair is too great.
This article from Hacking Leadership titled “Law IX: Capitalize on the Power of Inertia” is about how team momentum is a compounding system, building quietly through reinforced good patterns or decaying quietly through tolerated drift.

This illustration uses Newton’s Cradle to convey the concept of inertia as energy transfer through a system, showing how aligned, well-maintained components compound momentum, while a single degraded element dampens and disrupts that momentum.
Hacking Leadership is an online publication about organizational leadership. This article titled “Law VIII: Discipline Brings Freedom” argues that true freedom and team autonomy come from consistently applied discipline in the form of stable standards and decision criteria. That is in opposition of shifting standards that create chaos.

This illustration reinforces this concept by depicting a group of figures in a tug-of-war: the blue side of disciplined warriors in unified action against the red side of inconsistency. Collective discipline is what generates freedom and momentum.
Hacking Leadership: An illustration for an online publication regarding organizational leadership. This illustration for an article titled Law VII: Exude Command Presence. The image conveys the concept that a leader’s behavior continuously trains the system around them and that systems responds based on what it has already learned.
Hacking Leadership: An illustration for an online publication regarding organizational leadership. This was for an article titled Law VI: Decentralize command. The theme was around centralized leadership with authority accumulating, decisions queuing, and capability atrophying.