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“People are our most important asset”. We’ve all heard it before. The funny part of that idea is not that it’s true, but JUST. HOW. …
What Leadership Really Feels Like
Great leaders are skilled communicators, and by necessity, storytellers. This applies to leaders in business, religion, politics and especially non-profits. What is the point of …
A dead simple mental model for improving your comms
We all know that communication can always be better. The question is how? For every Churchillian “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech or Apple “1984” …
Do we really need to talk?
Old fans will recognize this early piece that we first published as a lithograph in 2009. Oh, those were the days. We were a bit edgier back then;) Surprisingly, …
It’s about the stories we tell
The moments in our lives that stay with us over time… The reason they stay with us, is because we manage to fit them into …
You have to think it, before you can play it.
There’s an old saying about playing a musical instrument, “You have to think it, before you can play it.” And what’s true for music is also …
Are you part of the change-pack?
No lone wolf effects grand change. Change starts with one person. Whether it’s changing your business, your neighborhood, your culture, it all starts with one …
Thank you for being amazing!
Here’s a question: when should you *feel* successful? When do you start thinking of yourself *as* successful? When you make a million dollars? When you …
Accountability is not always about measurement
“Accountability” is one of those ideas that everyone in the business world supposedly lives and dies by, yet it often falls short in reality. Not …
A Cognitive Bias that Might Rule Your Life
A major focus for us in executing end-to-end culture design projects is studying how beliefs are formed and how they spread through populations, like your …
Management by placebo
“Sham surgery”: believing you had surgery when in fact you did not is an incredible construct. It’s simply amazing that placebo surgeries work, as demonstrated …
Genius Is Random
YES, follow your passion! Any scorn heaped on this simple directive is misleading and unfair. YOU have a passion. Invite it into every part of …
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