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The number one secret to great leadership
If you want to be a transformational leader it’s time to get emotional. End of story. People are comfortable with facts and data in business, and …
Why Innovation = Influence
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is if you can’t get buy-in from other people and if other …
Why it’s not enough for the customer to love your product
Fifteen years ago, we published this from The Hughtrain Manifesto: “Product benefit doesn’t excite us. Belief in humanity and human potential excites us.” “Think less about what …
Memories Are Meaning
Every country has their version of Memorial Day. The idea is that we honor those who came before us. We see leaders who are driven …
Do you want to have it all?
In many production and services businesses, there’s the old saying, “Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two.” And in yuppie circles, there’s a similar saying: “Friends. Career. …
Do you want to be part of something larger?
Sure, people like their autonomy, they like not being micromanaged, they like being left alone to get on with their work. However, for all that …
What Mortality Does To The Mind.
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” -Samuel Johnson This article …
Be Careful What You Wish For
We’ve been watching the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes train wreck with great interest. Most entrepreneurs are happy to claim that they’ll do “whatever it takes” to …
What makes life worth living?
It’s great being alive, isn’t it? There’s just one problem. The problem being, you don’t get it for free. You pay to be alive. In …
Why the messenger gets shot
We’ve got some bad (or at least, bad-ish) news in the human behavior department: Apparently, you can say “don’t shoot the messenger” all you want, …
Make Your Meetings A Safe Space For Honest Conversation
Here’s a novel idea: that “safety” and “productivity” are interrelated. I.e. the less psychologically stressed people feel in a meeting, the easier it will …
Seeing The World Anew
The advertising business is notorious for only hiring young people. To have a job in the creative department over the age of fifty is …
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