Puppy love

Puppies don’t analyze or judge. They don’t calculate ROI before showing enthusiasm. They engage fully, completely present. Your team craves that exact authenticity. Leaders chase sophisticated engagement strategies while missing this fundamental truth:...

Fools rush in

We’re not just fooled on April 1st. We’re fooled by the partnership that looked solid until money changed hands. By the leader whose promises evaporated after election day. By the organization selling us solutions to problems we don’t have. The...

Energy choice

We all interact with others daily. Every encounter presents a choice: regenerate positive energy through kindness or deplete yourself through negativity. History repeats this pattern. When Mother Teresa served Calcutta’s poorest, her energy expanded. When Viktor...

Necessary friction

In a world where comfort rules, teams falter. The Lincoln cabinet, notoriously filled with rivals, produced America’s most consequential presidency. Lincoln deliberately assembled strong-minded individuals with conflicting views—what historian Doris Kearns...

The earned edge

The unseen territory “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” – Walter Wriston Most failures aren’t from what we see coming. They’re from what we don’t see at all. When you’ve traveled the...