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What We Learned From Chairman Mao About Company Culture
Complex and dynamic, that is the challenge of designing culture. There are no obvious levers to pull, what often looks like a good idea, …
The Future Is Extraterrestrial
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about the futility of trying to get human bodies to live in outer space, and “space tourism for …
Great Strategies Are Simple
CAVEAT: Generally, we shy away from using Apple as a case study because 1. They are such outliers and 2. They are overused by everybody and their dog…but the following …
How to stand out in virtual meetings + Free Download
That’s the weird thing about the time we live in. The more we try to get robots to do the work of humans, the more …
How culture revived post WWII Scotland
It was 1947. The big war had ended, the UK was a mess. Soldiers and refugees were still limping home, there was still rationing, …
Why Do We Need Stories?
Let’s talk about narratives. Big stories that were told and believed by many people. Religious stories like Islam or Christianity, or Political Stories like …
Why your hires look like you
There’s a famous line in The Blues Brothers movie when they ask the bartender at the Texas honky-tonk what kind of music they play: …
Succession is a nightmare
Who runs Microsoft, after Bill steps down? Who runs Apple, after Steve steps down? Who runs Tesla, after Elon steps down? Who runs Berkshire Hathaway, after Warren steps …
Lessons from the rainforest
University Of Pennsylvania anthropologist, Professor Greg Urban‘s new book The Culture Puzzle: Harnessing the Forces that Drive Your Organization’s Success, co-authored with Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry, has some useful insights. Greg spent 25 …
No Peril, No Reward
In this video, we have Jocko Willinks, former Special Forces leader and current motivation guru, giving a speech to the Pennsylvania National Guard about the positive …
Juggling Chainsaws – Brian E A “Beam” Maue PhD
Panic–so much panic that I almost did not even attempt the effort (and I was once a steely nerved military officer in charge of …
Who wants a Skittle?
Last week we wrote about Richard Branson and the folly of billionaire-funded space tourism. Then earlier today Jeff Bezos blasted off into space as well. The Guardian …
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