Giants stumble forward

The team at Apple wasn’t looking for a phone when they created the iPhone. They were searching for a better way to interact with music. Just as the market thought it understood the future, everything changed. Today’s tech narrative faces a similar...

Bulls don’t dance

In 1962, John F Kennedy challenged America to reach the moon. Not because it was easy but because it was hard. That kind of masculine energy drove innovation, creativity, and achievement. Dr. Robert Glover points to a stark shift after World War II. Men started...

Input equals output

Your daily decisions compound like interest. Each choice, no matter how small, creates ripples that shape your future outcomes. Most people think breakthrough moments happen overnight – they don’t. Twenty years of research at the Human Performance...

Problems hide their heroes

The Wright brothers didn’t invent the wing – they studied birds. Henry Ford didn’t create the assembly line – he watched meatpackers. Steve Jobs didn’t devise the mouse – he borrowed it from Xerox. Ego makes us think we need to...

Trading approval for impact

Seeking approval is a primal instinct – so deeply wired that we’ll sacrifice authenticity to get it. However, successful scale-ups reveal that teams perform best when leaders care more about impact than being liked. Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn Ferry, documented...