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Russell Patterson

Vancouver, Canada

Human Centered Leadership advocate - I write about the lived experience of work, identity, emotion, and the courage to remain human inside systems.

Available For: Influencing
Travels From: Vancoiuver
Speaking Topics: Leadership

Russell Patterson	Points
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Author	7
Influencer	0
Speaker	0
Entrepreneur	0
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Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.01

Analytics 30.04

Change Management

Culture

Leadership 30.11

Transformation

Industry Experience

Publications & Experience

7 Article/Blogs

The Certainty Paradox
Medium
August 26, 2025

It happens in a moment, usually in the late afternoon when tiredness makes us both more honest and additionally cruel. An older person, perhaps ourselves in twenty years, listens to a younger colleague’s explanation of some small failure and, without quite realizing it, stops listening to the words and begins instead to diagnose the soul.

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Tags: AI, Analytics, Leadership

The Institutional Uniform
Import from substack.com
August 19, 2025

How We All Agreed to Stop Being Human at Work

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Tags: Leadership

The Childhood We Bring to Work
Import from substack.com
August 12, 2025

Why Brilliant Minds Still Throw Professional Tantrums

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Tags: Leadership

How the Pursuit of Flawlessness Destroys Excellence
Import from substack.com
August 05, 2025

The Affliction of Misguided Perfectionism

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Tags: Leadership

The Quiet Tyranny of Excellence
Import from substack.com
July 29, 2025

Why Your Most Dedicated Colleague is Actually Your Biggest Problem

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Tags: Leadership

We've Misunderstood Strength in Leadership
Import from substack.com
July 23, 2025

How Modern Management Has Become Weaker, Not Stronger

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Tags: Leadership

The Leadership Meme Explosion - What it Really Tells Us
Medium
June 11, 2025

The development of leadership is not about producing more efficient managers or more technically competent employees. It is about nurturing those rare individuals who possess the capacity to help others transcend their own expectations - to achieve not just what they thought was required, but what they never imagined was possible.

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Tags: Leadership