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Michael Ashley
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Founder at Radi8 // Executive Coach // Host of the Inspiring Founders Podcast
The most interesting opportunities almost never look exciting at first.
They look stuck.
Someone's been circling the same idea for years. Everyone agrees it should exist. There have been meetings, decks, maybe a failed attempt or two. And yet — nothing has moved.
That's the moment I want to walk in.
Not because I'm smarter than the people who were there before me. Usually I'm not. It's because stalled initiatives are rarely blocked by effort or talent. They're blocked by something structural: an unclear problem, too many priorities, no real owner, a foundational decision nobody's been willing to make.
Find that one thing, move it, and the whole thing starts to breathe.
After 25 years, I've stopped chasing the ideas that already have momentum. Plenty of capable people can push those forward. I'm drawn to the stuck ones — the initiatives everyone believes in but no one has been able to move.
Making those move is the most satisfying work I know.
What's the thing in your world that everyone agrees should exist — but nobody has been able to make happen yet?
Told 2 times, Jun 29, 2026
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The most interesting opportunities don't look exciting.
They look stuck.
Everyone agrees it should exist. Nobody's been able to move it.
Stalled work is rarely blocked by effort. It's blocked by structure — an unclear problem, no owner, a decision no one will make.