The book

The book is the goal. The body of work comes first.

I want to write a book about why change stalls even under good leaders, and what it takes to leave people enough room to actually adopt something new. There's no date on it yet. Here's how I'm getting there.

Over three and a half years I completed a doctorate in strategic leadership: 17 courses, 299 assignments and one study on leadership style and teacher retention. The study found that even well-led teams burn out when change arrives faster than people can absorb it. That's the thread I keep pulling on.

Before I write a single chapter, I'm going back through that body of work and recapping it here, one project at a time: what I studied, what surprised me, and what it looks like from the front line of adoption. The recaps will tell me what the book actually wants to be. Then we'll see where it goes.

Working idea

People don't resist change. They run out of room for it.

Built on

The Leadership Factor, my doctoral research (Liberty University, 2026)

Status

Recapping the research. No book date yet.

Follow along

The recaps, or the list below.