Running Room is where I share stories, case studies, and lessons from the field — grounded insights to help small businesses create space for better operations, stronger teams, and smarter growth.

I call it Running Room because that’s what I try to give every client: room to run, simplifying the “more to manage”.

Tom Hancock 12/4/25 Tom Hancock 12/4/25

Alex and Claire | Above the Fray

Stepping above the story of Alex and Claire, the author reflects on ordered loves, the Playmaker’s mercy, and C. S. Lewis’s warning about good work crowding out better love. A final meditation on restoration, presence, and the better thing still within reach.

Tom Hancock 12/1/25 Tom Hancock 12/1/25

Alex and Claire | The Better Thing

Alex and Claire start choosing what matters over what only looks worthy. A quiet hope emerges, a better thing glimpsed in restraint and presence. Their conversation pauses where the best stories do — in possibility.

Tom Hancock 11/1/25 Tom Hancock 11/1/25

Alex and Claire | Fuel for the Wrong Fire

Alex’s second exchange with Claire picks up where Seeing Around Corners left off — and begins to question the virtue of exhaustion. When zeal blurs into vanity, even good work burns the wrong fuel.

Tom Hancock 10/23/25 Tom Hancock 10/23/25

Alex and Claire | Seeing Around Corners

In their first exchange in a while, Alex and Claire circle a familiar edge of leadership — when foresight turns to fatigue. A modern conversation about control, calm, and the courage to stop rehearsing every possible disaster.