Back to the future

Yesterday’s solutions solved yesterday’s problems. Today’s challenges demand fresh thinking. Stop polishing old answers. The future belongs to those who create new questions. While others reconstruct what was, leaders build what could be. The...

Rumors kill momentum

Rumors spread faster than wildfire in organizations. They start in break rooms, flourish in Slack channels, and multiply during coffee conversations. But here’s what research tells us: 80% of workplace rumors contain significant inaccuracies, according to a...

Do we lack time

You get the same 168 hours as everyone else. Jeff Bezos has them. Your competitor has them. The person outperforming you in half the time has them too. The difference isn’t in the allocation of time. It’s in the allocation of attention. We’ve...

Delusion of determination

Determination built empires. Steve Jobs returned to Apple with unwavering conviction. Sara Blakely cut the feet off pantyhose despite years of rejection. Colonel Sanders knocked on 1,009 doors before someone said yes to his chicken recipe. But determination has a...

When smart people fight

In 1978, Intel faced a crisis that would define its future. The company’s memory chip business, once dominant, was being crushed by Japanese competitors. In most companies, this would trigger political maneuvering and blame-shifting. Not at Intel. Andy Grove had...