Unlocking Micromanagement With Colin Fisher

In this episode of Unlocked, Skot Waldron talks with Colin Fisher, author of The Collective Edge, about improvisation, leadership, creative work, and why teams often struggle when the work gets messy, invisible, or hard to measure. They unpack the difference between checking in and checking up, why leaders need to make their intentions more explicit, and how even good leaders can start behaving badly inside broken systems.

If you lead people, work on a team, or have ever said, "I was just trying to help," this conversation will give you a smarter way to think about trust, accountability, group dynamics, and the kind of leadership that creates room for people to do their best work.

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Cold Start & Intro

00:04:09 - Meet Colin Fisher

00:05:03 - Life Is Improvised

00:09:12 - Why Help Can Feel Like Control

00:18:28 - Checking In vs Checking Up

00:25:41 - Remote Work and the Trust Gap

00:29:43 - Why Creative Work Looks Messy

00:35:54 - Your Leadership Brand Speaks First

00:43:33 - The Team Size Problem Nobody Names