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love cannot be harnessed

“There are people I might have loved had they gotten on the airplane or run down the street after me or called me up drunk …

how humility drives learning

Being right is easy. All you have to do is find lots of small things, and then be right about them. The smaller, …

how advertising evolved

I got into in the advertising business just as the Mad Men era was ending, and the Internet era was beginning. Back in the early …

engagement is an emotion, not an event

Why are we so obsessed with engaging employees? Because, even small teams of engaged people can move mountains. The tech start-up world has taught us …

I’m willing to accept a massive pay raise

It’s the age old question: Do you do something you hate that pays well, or do you instead do something you love that pays badly? …

without doubt, nothing is possible

So you’re having doubts. You know, about that thing. That big thing that you risked everything for. That big thing you left your safe …

conflict is frequent because candor is safe

This is a favorite quote by the great business writer, Margaret Heffernan. Margaret’s work is permeated with a very simple idea: companies that let their …

you don’t need permission

In case you didn’t get the memo: There is no secret validation committee, deliberating on what your destiny is allowed to be. So that strategy about …

change is not a job title

“Everybody wants to change the world, nobody wants to help mom with the dishes.” -PJ O’Rourke. We’ve all heard variations of the platitude, “Real change …