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Wanted: CEOs with People Skills
These graphs by Axios and HBR, revealing the most-wanted skills in the C-suite, got our attention. They show that “culture” and other high-EQ qualities are …
Social Cop-Ye-ing
One thing that allows us to dominate the animal kingdom is our ability to copy what we perceive as successful behavior. This is why most …
Would You Be Missed If You Were Gone?
Satya Nadella became Microsoft’s CEO in 2014. Since then its share price has exploded, after years of stagnation, marking one of the biggest turnarounds in …
We Contain Multitudes
Walt Whitman said it best back in 1855: “I contain multitudes.” We all do. We all carry different identities around with us, often in competition …
Driving Off the Glass Cliff
British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, resigned earlier this week after only 6 weeks in office, the shortest tenure for any PM on record. There was …
Listen Like a Trampoline
Change without listening doesn’t happen. Why is this true? When you don’t listen, it signals that you think you already know enough. And if you …
Big Speech Coming Up? Here are a few tips
Step One: Don’t give a speech during the daylight. Ever. Step Two: When you give a speech (at night of course), opt for dark red ominous lighting. …
Marshall Goldsmith on the Essentials of Leadership
Marshall Goldsmith started his career out as a business school professor but ended up as one of the world’s top executive coaches. In Episode 142 …
All the Previous You’s
Recently, we listened to Marshall Goldsmith’s interview on The Knowledge Project, Episode #142. Marshall Goldsmith is one of the top executive coaches in the world, …
How to Avoid Driving Into a Lake
In the beloved sitcom, The Office, the main character Michael Scott drives his car into a lake. Why? Because he followed his GPS. He focused …
How to Get Ideas to Spread
Voter registration ends today in most states. That means the beloved American tradition of the “I voted” sticker is right around the corner. This simple …
Myth Busting with Mark Blyth
One of the smartest people we know is the Political Economy professor from Brown University, Mark Blyth. Before NN Taleb was a thing, he gave …
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