You don’t need another leadership book.
You need a bonfire.
The old game is done — endless growth, performance theatre, hustle as identity.
Welcome to LeanMind - helping you stop the drift and create life, work and companies rich in meaning, freer of pressure, clearer in thought - by shedding, not adding.
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- ‘The Feed’: weekly writing and talking. Read here.
- ‘The Academy’: a private network of pioneering folk deepening wisdom and learning, creating, iterating - together. Learn more here.
“Ben occupies a rare middle ground where mindfulness and deep entrepreneurial and commercial experience meet. Ben helped me slow down to greater clarity, supporting me step by step in setting up the new fund”
John White - Arketyp VC fund
When I’m triggered - an undermining message lands in Slack or a disagreement flares up - Ben’s tools and rituals help me back to clear, present and steady thinking.
Stuart Green - Director UX @ Google
Why this, why now?
You’ve made it.
Climbed the tree. Built the thing. Played the role.
And yet… It’s murky. Tiring. Flat.
You’ve been told to add your way to freedom:
More frameworks. More habits. More “growth."
We say not.
Now the time to slay those pesky dragons.
Burn before you grow
Move slow not fast
Subtract don't add
In short, more soul, more wisdom, more wonder; Lean, in mind and spirit.
Who It's For?
LeanMind is for the curious, reflective, emotionally intelligent leader, partner and / or parent.
You’re not broken — but something feels… off. Like you’ve outgrown the script.
Quietly, you’re asking:
* "Am I wasting the best years of my life doing the wrong work?"
* "If I stop, will it all unravel?"
* "Why doesn’t this feel as good as it looks from the outside?"
* "What do I actually want now?”
If this you, have a deeper read here.
Or, arrange a call with Ben, fouding teacher and guide, to get a feel for the tools and teaching and see if we’re a fit.
Join Us. Get Lean and…:
• Feel clearer and calmer — inside and out - finding the steadiness you crave
• Interrupt the drift and take ownership of what comes next
• Let go of roles, behaviours or definitions of success that no longer fit
• Reconnect with meaning, agency and direction
• Build a personal blueprint for a more aligned next chapter
• Rediscover lost joy (like Raiders of the Lost Ark, but better)
Join
You have two options.
Subscribe to our writing and podcast here.
Apply to join The Academy, a private network helping you stop the drift and create work, life and companies rich in clarity, joy, simplicity and impact.
First things first, a call with Ben, our founding teacher to see if we’re a fit.