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Are you a pawn?
Chess pieces. Lovely things, what’s interesting is that they’re actually based on the reality of ancient warfare. Pawns. In the Greek Phalanx, because the …
Who are you, anyway?
Warning: This is one of our snarkier posts in a while. If you are not up for heavy snark, please avert your eyes. Back in 2009, …
Always Open Self
Dave Trott tweeted a great quote from Mary Wells, the famous 1960s advertising executive: “You can’t just be you. You have to double yourself. You have …
This Kind of Hard Work
You get your first big job, right out of college. In a bank, say, or a law firm, or a big company, or a startup. Congratulations. …
John, Paul, George, Ringo and Grit.
There’s the joke about how everyone remembers where they were when they first heard The Beatles had broken up, even the people who weren’t …
Succession
Peter The Great, Emperor of Russia (reigned 1682-1724) was a REALLY good king. He was smart, he was effective, he knew how to beat the …
The key to progress
As you all already know, we are in the business of helping organizations change their culture for the better. And our experience has led us to understand …
No Rules Netflix
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, has a new book out, whose main gist is about corporate culture, namely, the one at the company he …
RBG & The Big Three
The great Supreme Court Justice, RBG passed away at the weekend, aged 87. Yes, the political ramifications are enormous, especially during an election year. But …
Go big, go small, just go.
So you want to achieve greatness. You’ve decided that ho-hum mediocrity is not for you. Alrighty then. Well, if you’re going to do that, …
The Hamptons are not Defensible Position by Mark Blyth
Back in the summer of 2015, I visited Athens just as the European Central Bank decided to ration the amount of Euros Greeks could take out …
Why Unconscious Bias Training Doesn’t Work
Culture is a social construct and training will never be the route to more diverse and inclusive organizations. Training solves information problems and our D&I …
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