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Have you ever smelled the Sistene Chapel?
There's this scene in the wonderful film, The Two Popes, when outgoing pope Benedict asks incoming Pope Francis to take his confession. His primary ...
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Generating activity makes problems harder
"Generating activity is not a problem; in fact it is easy. The fact that it is easy makes the real problem harder to solve ...
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Ask not what purpose can do for your profit
With a nod towards JFK... Ask not what purpose can do for your profits, but what your profits can do to serve your purpose ...
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Build Back Better means Build Back Kinder
Build back better means build back kinder. With a special responsibility if you lead a company. With talk of a K-shaped recovery, where fortunes ...
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Tactics come easy once principles are in the blood.
"Tactics come easy once principles are in the blood" I love that quote from Josh Waitzkin's 'The Art of Learning'. He was applying it ...
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Greyness is the challenge of leadership
One of the most consistent challenges leaders grapple with as they grow (which is always!) is ambiguity. The continual search for certainty, to define ...
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Should I scale or should I grow?
Business has an obsession with growth. And usually unlimited growth. A target is set, and we always laud people for beating it. Sometimes with ...
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To scale up, your team needs to think like mini-CEOs
A really common refrain I hear from company owners is that no one else on their leadership team thinks like an owner. I have ...
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Work is just a part of life
So here’s the thing. We all play at these different roles we have. We get a job, and we play "professional". We found a ...
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The question is not “what will new normal look like?”
We will get to a normal. What it looks like, how new or not it will be is open to debate. But in times ...
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Goodbye Friedman, Hello 2021
2021 will be a turning point for business. The rising swell we've seen for businesses to strengthen their social purpose, to build on values ...
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2020 Was a year of real hope
2020 was a year that gave me some real hope. - Many companies stepping up to support their employees and communities;
- The environmental impact ...
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- The environmental impact ...
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