About Alysen Hanrahan
I’m a writer, educator, and relentlessly curious builder of books, frameworks, business ideas, and occasional unnecessary spreadsheets and Asana projects.
After what feels like a lifetime working in corporate organizations, I’m taking a sabbatical to read, write, learn, explore new possibilities, and figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
I am writing practical business books about careers, leadership, and organizational life, along with children’s books about animals, science, curiosity, and other subjects that deserve thoughtful—and sometimes slightly subversive—stories. The satire books are next.
I am also creating tools for small-business owners, leveraging my MBA to remove the gatekeeping from business literacy.
I am documenting what I’m building and learning through my new WTF WBR. High curiosity. High agency. Results may vary.
Clear thinking for complicated work—and complicated lives.
I write, build, teach, and follow entirely too many interesting questions, wherever they may lead.
I create books, frameworks, business tools, and public experiments designed to help people understand complicated systems and make more informed decisions.
Pathways
Books & Writing
Business Tools & Learning
Books & Writing
Business books, children’s books, essays, and other projects that began as ideas and somehow acquired page counts.
WTF WBR
Business Tools & Learning
Books & Writing
My weekly review of what I’m building, learning, accomplishing, reconsidering, and becoming distracted by.
Business Tools & Learning
Business Tools & Learning
Business Tools & Learning
Practical frameworks, educational resources, and emerging services for small-business owners and professionals who need clearer thinking—not more jargon.
Featured work
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
Performance alone does not drive career outcomes.
In most organizations, outcomes are shaped by two structural forces: role visibility and manager competence. When either is weak, even strong effort does not reliably convert into recognition, protection, or opportunity.
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™ is a framework for un
Performance alone does not drive career outcomes.
In most organizations, outcomes are shaped by two structural forces: role visibility and manager competence. When either is weak, even strong effort does not reliably convert into recognition, protection, or opportunity.
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™ is a framework for understanding how these forces interact—and how to make more informed decisions about where to invest, adapt, or move.
Publishing July 2026
Wild Animals Don't Belong in the Circus
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
Come along on a colorful journey through the animal kingdom and discover where wild animals truly belong. Through gentle rhyming text and engaging illustrations, young readers will explore the natural homes and unique lives of some of the world's most amazing animals.
Publishing July 2026
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The Visibility–Manager Competence Matrix™
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