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Inquiries & imprint information.

Halocline Press is an imprint of Gardner Expedition Co., publishing independent nonfiction on perception, judgment, and leadership under uncertainty.

For press inquiries, interview requests, podcast appearances, review copies, and publication questions, contact the press directly. Response time is typically two to three business days.

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Catalogue

The Read

Publication Date · February 9, 2027

Diagnostic Leadership and How Leaders See What’s Really Happening Before They Act

Hardback6 × 9 in
ISBN 978-0-9961007-3-1
Paperback6 × 9 in
ISBN 978-0-9961007-5-5
ePub
ISBN 978-0-9961007-6-2
Kindle
ISBN 978-0-9961007-8-6
Audiobook
ISBN 978-0-9961007-7-9
The Cave

Publication Date · Spring 2029

Disciplined Discovery and How We Move Together in the Face of Uncertainty

ISBN

ISBN forthcoming

Formats

TBD

Trim

TBD

The Goldline

Publication Date · Spring 2031

Centered Exploration and How You Go Further Without Losing Your Way

ISBN

ISBN forthcoming

Formats

TBD

Trim

TBD

Author & book descriptions

Author — Jeremiah Gardner (short)

39 words

Jeremiah Gardner is the creator of Diagnostic Leadership, co-founder of DeadReckon, and author of The Lean Brand. His work with executives, founders, and teams informs The Read’s practice of seeing what is happening before deciding what to do next.

Author — Jeremiah Gardner (medium)

68 words

Jeremiah Gardner is the creator of Diagnostic Leadership, co-founder of DeadReckon, and author of The Lean Brand. His work with executives, founders, and teams informs The Read’s practice of seeing what is happening before deciding what to do next. Halocline Press publishes The Read as an imprint of Gardner Expedition Co. DeadReckon is the connected practice and engagement business, where the work is applied with leaders and teams.

The Read — short description

21 words

The Read introduces Diagnostic Leadership: seeing what is really happening before deciding what to do next. Publication Date: February 9, 2027.

The Read — long description

49 words

The Read develops Diagnostic Leadership: the practice of observing what is happening, testing what might be driving it, and choosing a response that fits the moment. It helps leaders apply what they already know more appropriately, including recognizing their own contribution and updating a read when the evidence changes.

Publisher information

Publisher

Halocline Press

Parent company

Gardner Expedition Co.

Established

2026

Contact

contact@haloclinepress.com

ISBN prefix

978-0-9961007

Distribution

Contact the press for confirmed details

Suggested interview topics

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Perception and misperception in professional environments

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The architecture of organizational blind spots

3

How expertise shapes what leaders notice and overlook

4

Orientation under uncertainty — in diving and in organizations

5

The difference between seeing and interpreting

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Editorial standards of a small independent press

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How books carry practical questions into the reader’s work

Media assets

Book cover (The Read)

Shown on the book page

Book cover (The Cave)

Shown on the book page

Book cover (The Goldline)

Shown on the book page

Author photograph

Forthcoming

Press kit download

Forthcoming

Author bio (short & long)

Available above

Additional media assets are forthcoming. Contact the press for immediate needs.

On the work

There are moments when the frameworks you have relied on stop working. Not because they were wrong, but because the territory has changed. You find yourself at a threshold — a halocline — where the surface world and the deep world part ways.

Halocline Press publishes for those thresholds. Our books explore perception, judgment, and leadership under uncertainty: how people read a situation, recognize the dynamics shaping it, and maintain direction as conditions change.

Each book gives a question the space it needs and is meant to be kept, returned to, and carried into the reader's work.