The Art Of Replacing Systems: How To Change The World
"Business and human endeavors are systems…we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system, and wonder why our deepest problems never get solved." - Peter Senge Senge…
Mastering The Meeting
(This article originally appeared on 99U. Illustration by Oscar Ramos Orozco.) Meetings are often the bane of many a creative’s existence, especially those working for a big outfit. “Death by…
Forge Your Front Line, Liberate Your Leaders
What if you were able to grow your business confidently in the direction of your choosing? What if you could consistently provide the most innovative solutions to your customers’ problems?…
Doubling Down on Less(ness)
In 1969, the year in which he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, Irish dramatist Samuel Beckett (pictured above) published a short piece of experimental prose entitled Sans in French.…
The “Loose Reins” Approach to Management
As my friend Bob Sutton is fond of saying, "sometimes the best management is no management." Over at Harvard Business Review, they've posted The "Loose Reins" Approach to Management, the…