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The New Math: 5-1=6

Forty. Per. Cent. That is huge. Then again, this won’t surprise anyone in a truly creative field. Thanks to Victorian scientific ideas about work (aka “Taylorism”), …

How do you know if your new hire is a jerk?

Bob is a hugely successful businessman. Bob has a neat trick. Before he hires anyone, the first thing Bob does is take the person out to …

We Don’t Always Respect Our Own Strengths. We Need to Change That. by Marla Gottschalk

Strengths have endured as a focal point of career growth. Author Whitney Johnson, speaks of our unsung “super-powers” that can drive both career disruption and growth. …

Your “Why” Isn’t what you think it is

It’s been nearly ten years since Simon Sinek’s finding “The Why” conversation became all the rage. It is an often misunderstood concept, and the roots are actually …

Your struggle is real…be grateful

The great 90’s feminist writer, the late Cynthia Heimel, once made a lovely point about moving to Hollywood from New York. And her point was, that …

What does real leadership mean?

Not everybody has to be a boss. Not everybody has to be an entrepreneur or a CEO or a billionaire or a celebrity. But eventually …

What Good Grub, Good Principles and Good Parenting have in common

There’s a great line in hiking circles: “Backpacking is the art of knowing what NOT to take.” When you go out camping in the wilderness, you …

Imperfect Is A Superpower. – by David Wolstencroft

All work, and all life exist within an imperfect space. Showrunning a drama series means Embracing the Imperfect as a way of life. Do …

Agency Is Key

It’s an age-old problem. You’re a successful company, so you’re expected to innovate. That’s what successful companies do, after all. You’ve had a big restructuring, …

“We Are All Weird”

As you probably know already, Seth Godin is one of my favorite authors. What’s less known is that “We Are All Weird” is probably my favorite book of his. …