Wear and Tear

Anything worth doing for the long haul is going to require renovation at some point. Keep a maintenance budget and be prepared for bust ups.

Gaslighting at Work

Gaslighting is psychological manipulation aimed at undermining your grip on reality. It leaves you questioning your feelings, experiences or interpretation of a situation and it is an abuse of power in the workplace.

Chasing Cows.

When everything around us changes, it’s time to adapt the way we work. How do we make systems change easy?

Connect, Don’t Control: Turning Strategy Into Action

There’s a lot happening online right now. This increase in connection is unprecedented, and incredible. I don’t know about you, but it seems to depend what mood I’m in when I scroll, how it lands. Some posts really hit the spot. Others feel hollow, or add to my overwhelm.

The New Normal

We’re hearing the phrase “new normal” a lot this week. That’s a funny one isn’t it. I’ve never been much of a fan of normal… but this week, I get it.

Real Leaders Let Go

Like parenting, relationships and pretty much all things involving people, trust goes both ways… and someone has to go first.

The Grey Area.

I never thought I’d be quoting Justin Timberlake in a Wednesday Wisdom, but I couldn’t resist this one.

Newspaper Headlines.

The lens of a childhood dream, obituary or a newspaper headline gives us the opportunity to question the meaning of things.

Let Go of the Good.

The thing about real change is that it can’t be  as well as  – we’re already at maximum capacity. Real change needs to be  instead of .

The Future of Work

ATMs did not spell the end for bank tellers, and machines are unlikely to spell the end for strategists. The demand for jobs with critical analysis, meaning-making and leadership skills is predicted to skyrocket.

Playing the Long Game.

When we take our finger off the pulse, and expect things to run smoothly without any additional tweaking or support, change dies.  Leadership requires support.

How to Walk the Talk

While I don’t agree with half the stuff that comes out of Gary Vaynerchuk’s mouth, but I do like this quote: “Ideas are shit, execution is the game.”