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Dancing up a storm…in a tea cup
There isn’t much in this hyper-connected hyper-woke modern age that still makes people gasp like a jury after a big revelation in a Southern courtroom …
We know you’re winging it
This image was inspired by a thought from an interview with IDEO’S Founder and Former CEO, David Kelley, on the How I Built This Podcast on …
Core Human Motivations: Thoughts Inspired by Kunal Shah
These images were inspired by Episode 141 of the Knowledge Project podcast (TKP), interviewing serial entrepreneur and incisive business thinker, Kunal Shah. The Knowledge Project …
What you need to know about ‘quiet quitting’.
Millennials and Gen Z’ers are (deliberately?) disengaging from their jobs. It’s called “Quiet Quitting.” A 30-year-old teacher who Quiet Quit said “You don’t even have to just …
You Can’t Go Far Without A North Star
Without a North Star, all action is equal, and anything goes. But none of us believe that. And we certainly don’t act like it. Because …
How to be a great leader: Eight Lessons from Queen Elizabeth
HRH Queen Elizabeth died yesterday, at age 96, after being on the throne for 70 years. That’s six years longer than Queen Victoria. The issue isn’t whether or …
Houston…we have a problem
The insight from the semiotic above is from NASA Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen, who was interviewed in 2020 on The Knowledge Project Podcast. It was under Zurbuchen’s direction that …
Your #1 Employee Perk
When we think of Labor day, most of us think about fun stuff like tailgate parties and barbecues. We take it for granted now, but …
Why Nobody Understands You
This email is inspired by Episode #141 of The Knowledge Project podcast, featuring serial entrepreneur and incisive business thinker Kunal Shah. Our brains are designed to ignore …
Massive Transformation Is Indirect
This image was inspired by something Marc Andreessen, the legendary VC said in a recent podcast (The Knowledge Project #129), namely that when an organization gets to …
Are You Leading?
We all know competent leadership means more than tasking ‘to do’s’. Tasking, of course, isn’t leading, and it may not even be managing, but for …
I Hereby Order You To Take PTO
Recently, Nike had almost all employees take an entire week off. No negotiating. Balsamiq, a European software firm, mandated 18 days of vacation. No negotiating. PwC did …
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