Skateboarding, Leadership, and The Lasagna Lens

Skateboarding is more than moves and ramps. Whether skaters are sharing new techniques at the skate park, pushing boundaries professionally, or simply playing, there’s a lesson in leadership.
 
Every move begins with layers of preparation: balancing on the board, gauging speed, reading the surface, and committing to the motion. One missed layer, and the move fails.
Through The Lasagna Lens, we see leadership in action:
 

• Preparation: Executives, like skaters, must master the fundamentals before taking risks.
• Risk and Adaptability: Skateboarding is unpredictable, surface changes, balance shifts, or sudden obstacles.  Leaders who adapt thrive under uncertainty.
• Focus and Flow: Skaters commit fully to their movement, just as leaders must focus on execution while keeping the bigger vision in mind.
• Recovery: Falls happen. What matters is how quickly you get back up, resilience is key.

 
Skateboarding reminds us that winning, whether on the board or in the boardroom, is layered. Talent alone isn’t enough. Readiness, adaptability, and structure, the layers beneath, determine performance.
 
Through The Lasagna Lens, we understand that sustainable leadership, like a perfectly executed skateboarding move, is built layer by layer.
 
Balance, Fall, Lead Bold,
Sam The Lasagna Lady®