Meaning Over Metrics

The Smartest Person In The Room

An unnecessarily detailed over-analysis of a leadership cliché

2 hrs ago • Tarun Kohli

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Engineers Optimize. Leaders Navigate.

Lessons from the Pareto Frontier.

Aug 21 • Tarun Kohli

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July 2026

The Second Kind of Leader

Some leaders leave their mark on every decision. The best ones leave it on every person.

Jul 26 • Tarun Kohli

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The People Change. The Team Remains.

A reflection on what survives when the people who built a team are no longer the ones leading it.

Jul 8 • Tarun Kohli

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February 2026

When Speaking Up Changes How You’re Seen

A reflection on ownership, timing, and unintended labels

Feb 7 • Tarun Kohli

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January 2026

The Signal Is The Work

Reflections on attention, craft, and being found

Jan 28 • Tarun Kohli

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October 2025

Why Organizations Have No Monuments To Their Failures (And Whether They Should)

A question I can’t answer

Oct 17, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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August 2025

The Current

Why leaders drift from purpose to motion and how to find your way back

Aug 14, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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April 2025

Is Growth a Miracle Drug?

What if the real medicine is something quieter: a sense of belonging?

Apr 16, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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March 2025

Culture = ∑(Team Experiences) Over Time

Why the sum of team dynamics defines workplace reality?

Mar 30, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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On Perfection

Forever approaching, Never arriving.

Mar 19, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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Tapping

The communication gap

Mar 15, 2025 • Tarun Kohli

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