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its not the tool

The master owns his tools, he is not owned by them. The apprentice doesn’t quite get this yet, that’s why he’s still the apprentice. …

finding the truth

This image was inspired by Ray Dalio‘s famous principles. Ray is the guy who founded Bridgewater Associates, the company that put the ‘radical‘ in “Radical Transparency”. When …

the problem with facts

This image is another way of saying, “The problem with objectivity begins, once we start believing that the latter actually exists”. I like “the data” …

shaping learners

This was an image originally created for the remarkable Len Schlesinger, currently Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, when he was the …

sponge

I heard this line more than once during my first couple years in the advertising business, right out of college. I soon found out …

common understanding

If common understanding is such a good idea, then why doesn’t it happen more often inside companies? Short answer: Because it’s hard to attain. Really …

every battle

This a riff on Sun Tzu’s The Art Of War, the most famous book on military history ever written. The gist is, all other factors being equal, …

business is flow

Business, for the most part, is about making money. Sure, the business might have a “higher purpose” attached to it, but hey, serving that higher purpose …

anyone who's any good

Wow, what does that mean? Really, to be haunted by your potential? The sense that you can always do better, that whatever you are doing, …

accountability is a gift

I’m writing this from San Antonio, where the team and I are doing some culture work for our dear client, Rackspace. What does this have to …

real change

Now that “Culture” is the buzzword-of-the-year in management circles, it concerns me that leaders might start thinking Culture is something that can now be bought …