Model: Leadership and Motivation

How people initiate, sustain and direct effort. Culture, incentives and habits. (High/Low Agency, Maslow, Habit Loop, Ikigai, Principal–Agent).


  • Principal-Agent Problem

    Principal-Agent Problem

    When decision rights are delegated, agents optimise their own payoff under…

  • State, Story, Strategy

    State, Story, Strategy

    Align your State (how you show up), your Story (the narrative…

  • Agency (high / Low)

    Agency (high / Low)

    A practical lens for how people approach problems: low-agency waits for…

  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

    Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

    A motivation heuristic: people prioritise unmet lower-order needs before higher ones.…