Work with what happens. Learn from what changes.

The Push methodology is a working loop for real leadership situations. We use it to separate events from assumptions, choose a practical move and learn from the response. The five steps repeat throughout the work; they are not five sessions.

SEE — See the situation and the system.

What happened? Who was involved? What came back to you? Separate observable events from the story about why they happened.

CHALLENGE — Test the first explanation.

What are we assuming? What else could explain this? Challenge the assumption without deciding in advance that it must be wrong.

MOVE — Choose a real leadership move.

Change one action, boundary or conversation. Define what you expect to happen and keep the risk proportionate. Prefer a reversible experiment where possible.

READ — Notice the response.

How did people and the system respond? Compare what happened with what you expected. A good outcome alone does not prove the explanation was right.

ADJUST — Decide what comes next.

Keep, change or stop the move. Use what you learned to choose the next action.

Boundary

Sometimes your involvement is necessary. The purpose is to understand where it creates value and where a different arrangement could work better.

Illustrative example — not a client case

A release decision returns to the engineering manager. SEE the actual decision and escalation. CHALLENGE whether the issue is capability or an unclear risk boundary. MOVE by agreeing a boundary for the next comparable decision. READ whether the team decides, seeks context or still asks permission. ADJUST the boundary or support based on what happened.