--- title: Centered Articles | Preston Chandler description: I love helping leaders make impactful change by putting people at the center, harnessing their collective creativity to create dramatic transformation. --- [![CENTERED LOGO Dark](https://centered.work/hubfs/CENTERED%20LOGO%20Dark.png)](https://centered.work) - Services - [Breakthrough Lab](https://centered.work/breakthrough-lab) - [Design Sprint](https://centered.work/services/design-sprints) - [Innovation Coaching](https://centered.work/innovation-coaching) - Case Study - Books - Workshops - Podcast - Articles - About Us [Get in touch](https://centered.work/contact-us) AUTHOR # Preston Chandler I love helping leaders make impactful change by putting people at the center, harnessing their collective creativity to create dramatic transformation. [Follow me on my website](https://centered.work/articles/author/www.centered.work) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonchandler/) ## Stories by Preston --- Coaching ### [When I Followed The Process Becomes Good Enough](https://centered.work/articles/when-i-followed-the-process-becomes-good-enough) That's the moment to worry about your process, not because it's too slow, but because it has started doing your people's thinking for them. Preston Chandler Oct 9, 2026 Coaching ### [Everything Still Runs Through the People Who Built It](https://centered.work/articles/everything-still-runs-through-the-people-who-built-it) Then you grow. And the exact instinct that made the company work begins holding it back — quietly, without anyone noticing the moment it flipped. Preston Chandler Oct 2, 2026 Coaching ### [You Used to Decide in a Hallway](https://centered.work/articles/you-used-to-decide-in-a-hallway) ... Now It Takes Three Meetings and a Deck. Preston Chandler Sep 25, 2026 Coaching ### [Your Best Manager Just Got Promoted](https://centered.work/articles/your-best-manager-just-got-promoted) ... Into a Job Nobody Taught Them. Preston Chandler Sep 18, 2026 Coaching ### [At 20 People, Your Culture Is Whoever's in the Room](https://centered.work/articles/at-20-people-your-culture-is-whoevers-in-the-room) At 200, It's Whatever You Let Happen. Preston Chandler Sep 11, 2026 Coaching ### [Most Companies Don't Know How to Scale](https://centered.work/articles/most-companies-dont-know-how-to-scale) ... They Only Know How to Get Bigger. Preston Chandler Sep 4, 2026 Consulting ### [Your Team Is Ready to Change. Are You?](https://centered.work/articles/your-team-is-ready-to-change.-are-you) Most transformation efforts start with the same assumption: the team is the problem. Preston Chandler Jun 3, 2026 Coaching ### [Building Innovation Ready Teams](https://centered.work/articles/building-innovation-ready-teams) Most organizations are perfectly designed to prevent innovation. Explore the three conditions leaders must create for teams to experiment, move, and... Preston Chandler May 29, 2026 Consulting ### [Your Silos Don't Disappear When You Add AI. They Get Louder.](https://centered.work/articles/your-silos-dont-disappear-when-you-add-ai.-they-get-louder) There's a version of the AI conversation happening in boardrooms right now that goes something like this: we need to move faster, AI can help us do... Preston Chandler May 20, 2026 [1](https://centered.work/articles/author/preston-chandler/page/1) [2](https://centered.work/articles/author/preston-chandler/page/2) ... 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And the exact instinct that made the company work begins holding it back — quietly, without anyone noticing the moment it flipped. Preston Chandler Oct 2, 2026 Coaching ### [You Used to Decide in a Hallway](https://centered.work/articles/you-used-to-decide-in-a-hallway) ... Now It Takes Three Meetings and a Deck. Preston Chandler Sep 25, 2026 Coaching ### [Your Best Manager Just Got Promoted](https://centered.work/articles/your-best-manager-just-got-promoted) ... Into a Job Nobody Taught Them. Preston Chandler Sep 18, 2026 Coaching ### [At 20 People, Your Culture Is Whoever's in the Room](https://centered.work/articles/at-20-people-your-culture-is-whoevers-in-the-room) At 200, It's Whatever You Let Happen. Preston Chandler Sep 11, 2026 Coaching ### [Most Companies Don't Know How to Scale](https://centered.work/articles/most-companies-dont-know-how-to-scale) ... They Only Know How to Get Bigger. Preston Chandler Sep 4, 2026 Consulting ### [Your Team Is Ready to Change. Are You?](https://centered.work/articles/your-team-is-ready-to-change.-are-you) Most transformation efforts start with the same assumption: the team is the problem. Preston Chandler Jun 3, 2026 Coaching ### [Building Innovation Ready Teams](https://centered.work/articles/building-innovation-ready-teams) Most organizations are perfectly designed to prevent innovation. Explore the three conditions leaders must create for teams to experiment, move, and... Preston Chandler May 29, 2026 Consulting ### [Your Silos Don't Disappear When You Add AI. They Get Louder.](https://centered.work/articles/your-silos-dont-disappear-when-you-add-ai.-they-get-louder) There's a version of the AI conversation happening in boardrooms right now that goes something like this: we need to move faster, AI can help us do... Preston Chandler May 20, 2026 [1](https://centered.work/articles/author/preston-chandler/page/1) [2](https://centered.work/articles/author/preston-chandler/page/2) ... 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