One of the greatest gifts we have are these sudden, life-changing, life-defining moments of clarity. Where we see not only the whole world for what …

If you want to be a transformational leader it’s time to get emotional. End of story. People are comfortable with facts and data in business, and …

This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is if you can’t get buy-in from other people and if other …

Fifteen years ago, we published this from The Hughtrain Manifesto: “Product benefit doesn’t excite us. Belief in humanity and human potential excites us.” “Think less about what …

Every country has their version of Memorial Day. The idea is that we honor those who came before us. We see leaders who are driven …

In many production and services businesses, there’s the old saying, “Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two.” And in yuppie circles, there’s a similar saying: “Friends. Career. …

Sure, people like their autonomy, they like not being micromanaged, they like being left alone to get on with their work. However, for all that …

  “Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”  -Samuel Johnson This article …

  We’ve been watching the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes train wreck with great interest. Most entrepreneurs are happy to claim that they’ll do “whatever it takes” to …

It’s great being alive, isn’t it? There’s just one problem. The problem being, you don’t get it for free. You pay to be alive. In …

We’ve got some bad (or at least, bad-ish) news in the human behavior department: Apparently, you can say “don’t shoot the messenger” all you want, …

  Here’s a novel idea: that “safety” and “productivity” are interrelated. I.e. the less psychologically stressed people feel in a meeting, the easier it will …