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All Culture is Kintsugi Culture
Let’s say one day you break a coffee cup by dropping it on the floor. Nothing fancy, but an irreplaceable piece of great sentimental value …
A Culture Crash?
In 1995, two years before he came back to run Apple, Steve Jobs made an interesting point. He was asked why Apple (which fired him …
How Formula 1 Will Save the Free World
Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has transformed and turbocharged the Formula One (F1) business. The series beautifully depicts dramatic stories of power, money, ever-changing status, and, …
Business Lessons from Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch, the patriarch in one of the great post-war novels, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” is a very compelling character. When we first open the book, …
Don’t Cede the Lead
Innovation is an infinite game, and the second an organization stops playing that game is the second it begins to cede the lead. As Jeff …
The Second Job of a Leader
Napoleon didn’t conquer most of Europe all by himself. He had other people helping him, of course. Literally armies of them. The reality is, it’s …
How To Create A Movement
Symbols are a funny thing. We all know what they are…. But do we really? What is it about, say, the Pride Flag, a piece …
The Art of Opting Out
As the old saying goes, “no response is still a response.” And it’s precisely the response Apple CEO, Tim Cook, recently gave to Elon Musk. …
The Clues to Success
As Tony Robbins says,“success leaves clues.” Whenever there is a great accomplishment, we like to examine it, reengineer it, decode it, and learn a lesson …
The Case for Cheap Bets
Disney is having a bad time of things lately, with some high profile box office flops, or at least, major disappointments. 2023 was the year …
Feelings Are Who We Are
Driving a tank in the Second World War was a high-stakes, scary, and dangerous job. So tank crews did what humans tend to do in …
Half In Is All Out
There’s the immutable law of business: whenever a new way of working comes long, albeit from tech or social change, people will try to game …
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