When I look back, the biggest progress I’ve seen in cybersecurity hasn’t come from new tools or frameworks.
It’s come from slowing down.
Growth happens when people take the time to understand before they advise, fix or hack.
They enter each project with genuine curiosity, not the need to prove themselves.
They ask direct questions.
They notice connections others miss.
They stay with the uncertainty until the situation becomes clear.
Read the words of CISOs and security leaders and you’ll see the same pattern.
They’re asking for their situation and circumstances to be understood.
When that understanding is present, everything changes - the quality of the work, the relationships, and the trust that makes both possible.