About The Book
Everything is competing for your attention. Your employer. Your phone. The news. Your family. Your own fears. We live in a world that is structurally hostile to thinking, and most of us feel it long before we can name it. The pressure to react before we have understood. To choose before we have looked closely. To keep moving without asking whether we are moving in the right direction.
Hostile to Thinking introduces the Three Clarities, a powerful way of thinking built around three questions that provide clarity in any situation by asking:
- Identity: Who Are You?
- Context: Where Are You?
- Power: What Can You Actually Influence?
Together, they help you understand yourself, read the context around you, and recognise where your power actually lies. This groundbreaking book gives you a practical tool to act more decisively, strategically, and effectively, at work, in society, and in your personal life. Along the way, you will read case studies, real-life experiences, and factual analysis showing how the Three Clarities can become a practice you return to before a decision, after one, and sometimes years later.
Whether you are leading an organisation, navigating your career, raising a family, questioning your next step, or simply trying to make sense of a world that feels increasingly noisy, this book is a way to see more accurately and act with greater precision.
About the Launch
Hostile to Thinking is an indispensable practice for making sense of yourself, the world around you, and what is yours to do. It is a book about what it takes to see clearly in conditions designed to prevent it.
Drawing on lived experiences, workplace case studies and the Three Clarities framework — identity, context and power — Chisom explores the relationship between individual agency and the systems we move through every day.
Expect a conversation that is thoughtful, accessible and likely to stay with you long after the walk home.
And expect a celebration. Come as you are. Colourful or native attire is warmly welcomed.
About the Author
Chisom Udeze is an economist, leadership strategist, and founder based in Oslo, Norway. She has spent about two decades working with organisations including the European Commission, the UN, and The Economist Group.
