Human brains— like companies— love reruns. Like new consultants, same mistakes. Your “mistake pathways” aren’t just nostalgia. They’re on repeat for a reason.
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“No Meeting Fridays” are for people who haven’t mastered “no.” It’s old school paternalistic bs, unapologetic and proud.
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Your direct reports will work hard on everything, including making you feel like everything is going well. Just remember that real growth happens when you sweat the small stuff together.
Laid off? Google says: Network! Brand! Network some more! I say: dance with your fears. Take long walks. Practice faith. Serve others. Dancing is good for the soul.
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If any one of us wants to lead from home, every one of us has to change how we lead. Seven new leader archetypes. Infinite ways to Zoom different.
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Why are stories about Bezos so much more compelling and prone to be retold than stories about Zuckerberg? What holes in our souls do they fill?
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Imagine a world that thinks that the answer to that structural embeddedness– that complexity– is entirely cultural. Imagine a world that thinks changing values and behaviors alone will get us different outcomes.
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Culture is what we do; the spirit in the machine; the secular, business equivalent to a soul. It’s pivotal to every company’s success.
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Repetitive, hollow practice is-- culturally-- a fake, forced smile. But before you dismiss it as anachronistic-- as a cynical corporate tactic to get more oomph out of employees-- think about endorphins.
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Don’t be like Phil. He’s why every enterprise has 12 of everything-- 13 if you wait for the executive clock to reset.
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Counterintuitive lesson in servant leadership.
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The title says it all.
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When COVID closed hospital doors, a simple SMS/text led to some heroic IT folks opening some windows. Some 600 iPads later: no one dies alone in NYC.
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