Hi, I’m Sean
I’m a writer, speaker, and ship Captain now working as an executive in the marine & offshore energy industry.
Here you’ll find my published magazine and trade journal articles, alongside speaking appearances and my personal writing on leadership, life at sea, and our family’s outdoor adventures.
Scroll down to learn a little more about me or follow one of these links to see a list of published work, upcoming speaking engagements, or to read my latest articles.
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Writing
Blog style posts & online articles about business leadership, maritime life, productivity, books, and other ideas I am exploring.
Speaking
Talks, podcast appearances, and conversations drawn from writing, work, and real-world experience across industries and interests.
Published Work
A collection of articles, newsletters, magazine features, book projects, and other published works gathered into one evergreen library.
Writing across work and water
I started my career with one purpose: to see the world. It was all about the travel & adventure, and a 20 year career at sea provided plenty.
Even since coming ashore I’ve continued to travel widely. From my homebase in Texas I spend a lot of time running around the Gulf coast, plus travel to international destinations regularly.
I started writing for the marine industry back in 2009 for gCaptain and have continued through to this day as a regular contributor to Maritime Executive magazine, among other publications. I’ve also written plenty on productivity & leadership through my series The Lever. I even wrote a book on the subject.
These days I continue to write and speak for industry on topics of leadership, culture, and marine technology, and have also begun sharing my families fishing and outdoor adventures.
I believe that the best way to learn something quickly is to:
1. Do it
2. Write about it
This dive-into-the-deep-end model builds off the idea that “the teacher learns twice”, and has served me well over the years. Good writing leads to good thinking, but you have to have something to write about first.
Go out and do something.