Chris McCann

Twenty-five years leading teams.
Now studying the thing every leader senses but nobody measures.

The most important thing a leader brings to work isn't strategy. It's state. State walks into the room first. The team feels it before anyone says a word.

Some teams have density. Signal clarity. Coherence. Others feel fragmented. Noisy. Like everyone's transmitting on different frequencies.

I optimized for the wrong things for years. KPI dashboards. QBRs. Forecast calls. Quarterly reviews that measured everything except the thing that mattered. Somewhere between the TPS reports and the team offsite I realized the numbers never captured what was actually moving the room. So I stopped optimizing and started paying attention.

What I'm noticing. What I'm questioning. Twice a month.

The Field Assessment

Twelve questions about how you show up and what your team actually feels. Takes five minutes. Might rearrange your Monday.

Take the Assessment

Recent Writing

Your Body Knows Before You Do

The hyper-vigilant Sunday night dread that meds and sleep can't fix. Your body noticed months ago.

You Don't Need Ayahuasca. You Need to Pay Attention.

Executives fly somewhere expensive to find themselves. Then they jump on the 405 and nothing changes.

The One-Minute Test

If you had sixty seconds to give someone feedback that could change their career, could you do it?

All Field Notes →

With Dr. Carlos Warter, physician, consciousness explorer, fifty years studying how human systems evolve, I'm writing a book (Park Street Press, spring 2027). Field Notes is where I'm working it out in real time.

What I'm noticing. What I'm questioning. Twice a month.