
By Doris Proudlove · Mercurial Le Chalet de la Trahison. Christmas morning. Old tensions. Human drama. And a dead body. This is the first story I’m bringing to life for Mercurial — The House of Illustrated Cinema. More to come. MERCURIAL Mercurial will live on Substack A simple publishing platform where you can read new…

What if the thing standing between you and a business is no longer technology, but simply the shape of the idea? A reflection on how AI and better tools are making it possible to build around what you already know, love, make, or teach — without needing to become someone else first.

When a team has been through change, tension, growth, or simply too much time working on autopilot, another social event rarely changes much. Sometimes what people need is a more intentional way to reconnect, understand how each other thinks, and reset how they work together.

When leadership teams agree too quickly, it can look like alignment while masking unspoken concerns, assumptions, or perspectives that never make it into the room. Strong teams need more than consensus — they need enough trust and space to think differently before they decide together.

Most team workshops feel meaningful in the moment, then vanish as soon as everyone returns to their inbox. The problem is rarely the conversation itself — it’s whether the experience changes how people think, decide, and work together afterward.

When the process breaks, the real dynamics of a team become visible. Pressure exposes how people communicate, make decisions, handle uncertainty, and rely on one another when the usual structure no longer holds.

Nous savons ce que font nos collègues. Nous connaissons leurs titres, leurs responsabilités et leurs livrables. Mais nous savons souvent étonnamment peu de choses sur la façon dont ils pensent lorsque le scénario ne fonctionne plus.

By Doris Proudlove · L’Atelier I’ve talked for years about building work around the life you actually want. This year, I decided to test that idea much more seriously myself. I left Canada, moved to Mexico, opened my U.S. company, and built the infrastructure to keep working as I travel south over the next year.…

Nous savons ce que font nos collègues. Nous connaissons leurs titres, leurs responsabilités et leurs livrables. Mais nous savons souvent étonnamment peu de choses sur la façon dont ils pensent lorsque le scénario ne fonctionne plus.