The Catalyst
Learn the leadership perspectives, frameworks, and mental models you need to be successful.
Confident and wrong
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note When I started this newsletter in 2023 I wasn’t sure what I would eventually do with it. I just knew I wanted to get started and would figure it out...
I stole a great move from a flight attendant
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note Well, that escalated quickly! A client has approved a proposal to go forward with a custom software build. It'll take us three months to build, so...
When High Responsibility Becomes a Liability
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note I recently had a client lower their monthly services with us, and some of the financial modeling work has slowed. But on the positive side, I also had...
How Productive Teams Speak Differently
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note Despite ALL the noise about AI disrupting software, and even being relatively technical myself, I haven’t built any software with AI. Since I’m not a...
Everything Should Have a Home
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note A good friend, Nick, who I have worked with before has now joined Group 18, bringing the team up to four contractors plus me. It’s feeling lively!...
Intuition Is Trained, Not Innate
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note Happy New Year! I hope you had a happy holiday and end of 2025. I had a great year and am looking forward to an even better one in 2026. At this time...
Magic First. Feasibility Later.
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. Quick Note Hey y’all - Happy Holidays! I’ve had a series of 7-hours-of-meetings days lately. It got me thinking about the idea of “wherever you go, there you...
Skills Are Cheap. How You Work Is What Sets You Apart.
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. The link to feedback was broken in the last edition, so I’m going to put this up one more time before closing it off. It takes about 109 seconds to provide...
Be an Offer Maker, Not an Order Taker
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. I'm contemplating a change to the frequency and scope of this newsletter. I want to make sure I do that with your input. Please give me insight into what you...
The Cost of What’s Unsaid
Welcome to the "The Catalyst," Kevin Noble's weekly newsletter about becoming a more effective leader. 🗒️ Past newsletters can be found online here. ❤️ If you enjoy this newsletter please forward it to a friend! 😎 If you're that cool friend, sign up for the newsletter here ☕ Loved this? Say thanks with a coffee and keep this ad-free. As I mentioned last week, I'm contemplating a change to the frequency and scope of this newsletter. I want to make sure I do that with your input. Please take...