Insights
Notes on non-linear leadership
Essays by Dr. Sven Mulfinger on ADHD, giftedness and other spiky profiles in the C-suite, drawn from executive sparring and the book The Non-Linear Operating System.
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How to work with a non-linear founder: a guide for the people who hold it together
For the COO, chief of staff or co-founder who absorbs a founder's variability: what the research says and what works from your seat.
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Neurodiversity, neurodivergence and the non-linear operating system: three frames for the same minds
Clinicians, advocates and boards use the same word for different things. Three frames for the same minds and the one a founder can act on.
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Why boards misread founder variability as unreliability
How to tell a founder on a different cycle from one who is struggling, then build the structure that lets the first one perform.
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Diagnosed with ADHD at 50: what a late diagnosis changes for a leader
Why so many senior people find out late, what a diagnosis changes in how you lead and what it should never excuse.