Meet Jonathan a.k.a. "Chief Psycho"

I built Chief Psycho because it reflects how I already think and work.

As a founder and I/O psychologist, I spent years moving between building companies and working closely with leaders. Across those contexts, I kept seeing the same pattern. Capable people stepped into larger roles, took on more responsibility, and absorbed increasing pressure, often without systems designed to support that load.

Much of the leadership work I encountered framed this strain as a personal issue. Leaders were encouraged to be more resilient or more motivated, even when the underlying conditions were misaligned. That framing never aligned with what I was seeing in practice.

From my education, training, and experience, it became clear that most leadership difficulty is structural. Responsibility expands faster than roles, authority, and support systems evolve to contain it.

Chief Psycho became a way for me to work from that perspective openly.

The name itself is intentional. Chief reflects the executive context I work within: founders, C-suite leaders, and those accountable for direction, outcomes, and people. Psycho reflects my grounding as a psychologist and my focus on how individuals and systems make meaning, hold pressure, and relate to authority.

Chief Psycho allows me to integrate how I think as a psychologist with how I operate as a founder. It frames leadership as a load-bearing function rather than a personal performance, and it creates space to work honestly with people who are carrying real responsibility.

That perspective shapes all of my work. Chief Psycho exists because this is how I understand leadership, and how I choose to work with those who lead.