Category: Leadership
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Community comes before strategy
NY Times: To Take on Trump, Think Like a Lion, 2025-05-28 by Carl Safina, an ecologist and professor at Stony Brook University. Like those waking lions, we don’t know how the coming challenges will play out. We know that there will be failures and that success is possible. But it’s important that we now reaffirm…
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Progress is not glamorous
Works in Progress: The World of Tomorrow, 24-Dec-5 by Virginia Postrel For progress to be appealing, it must offer room for diverse pursuits and identities, permitting communities with different commitments and values to enjoy a landscape of pluralism without devolving into mutually hostile tribes. The ideal of the one best way passed long ago. It…
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How culture drives strategy
All my career, I've observed culture driving strategy, and now someone has EXPLAINED! Harvard Business Review: Build a Corporate Culture that Works, 2024-July/August by Erin Meyer Ever since Peter Drucker famously declared that “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” there has been a widespread understanding that managing corporate culture is key to business success. Yet few…
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Made me laugh, and made me think, too!
I have to share this quote which struck me as SO funny and SO insightful. We "know" things based on our experience. And yet, our experience is not universal. The best way to make it more universal is to share it. Think about it! How many times have you swallowed your opinion when you ought…
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Better Storytelling with 3 Reveals, from Ann Handley
I'm still on the road to become a good storyteller, and Ann Handley recently offered a great tip. (A-ha: better way to connect with the reader.) Total Annarchy newsletter: Yes, You Did See Me on MasterChef, 2023-Jun-4 by Ann Handley Every story should reveal three truths. I call this the 3 Reveals (because I'm not…
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Values Vs. Beliefs
Values weigh more heavily than beliefs with respect to our actions. (Hint: they have $value.) We are willing to pay the price to reach something we value. Digital Tonto: Values Always Cost You Something, 2023-May-21 by Greg Satell …values are often confused with beliefs. When you’re sitting around a conference table, it’s easy to build…
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Empathy can be a Weapon as well as a Comfort
Empathy can be as simple as a speaking glance that says "I heard you." Or it can begin by asking someone Why do you feel that way?, then listening without making them feel judged. We usually use empathy to acquire allies, but it's equally important to understand the feelings of our competitors and enemies. If…
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Blogging to Inspire
The Ahrefs blog recently inspired me with an article about 'reasons to use content marketing.' They made the insightful comment that content marketing cannot directly drive action. In addition to educating and entertaining, they recommended inspiring the reader. I've never thought about, and now I think maybe that's what I always should have been doing!…
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Contributing as a Team Leader
The primary value of team leaders to an organization is in information gathering and disbursement. Managing your team members is actually about making sure they know what's important, and that information has to be gathered from outside the team because it's constantly changing. Information about what the team is facing and accomplishing needs to be…
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