All the goodness and the heroisms will rise up again, then be cut down again and rise up. It isn’t that the evil thing wins — it never will — but that it doesn’t die. John Steinbeck All heroic action can be categorized into either reactions or revolutions. You either protect against something that threatens […]
“Entrepreneurship is jumping off the cliff and building a parachute in the way down.” We like to celebrate this idea ☝️, but it’s not real. At best, it’s fantasy fiction. At worst, real life tragedy. For every one person who “builds that parachute,” many more hit the ground at full speed and don’t get back […]
It happens in my email. It happens on Linkedin. On occasion someone gets a hold of my phone number, and it happens via text. What is it that happens? People are “following up” for me to take action on something that I never expressed the slightest bit of interest in. These are communications, that happen […]
There is a lot going on in the United States right now. Things that have a lot of your team members, customers, vendors, partners, and other stakeholders very concerned, anxious, or frightened. Yet, somehow, with everything going on in the world, there’s a pervasive idea that businesses are supposed to be apolitical entities that stay […]
One day, someone from your team will come to you, and ask for something they need. Maybe it’s extra time, materials, or staffing. Maybe it’s the raise they should’ve gotten but didn’t. Maybe it’s something else that you know in your gut, despite being the right thing to do, will be denied by the people […]
1 hour. 60 minutes. 3,600 seconds. Indulge me. Play along. This won’t take long. In the last hour… I want you to think about the last hour before this moment. What did you do? What did you accomplish? How did it compare against your baseline? Keep your answers to these questions in mind throughout this […]
I’ll keep it brief today. I’ve been told, by numerous people, that the outlines, frameworks, and scripts that I’ve provided to them for an important conversation have been among the most useful parts of my book and leadership philosophy. As a result, I’ve decided to put together a new resource to accompany The Lovable Leader […]
Over the weekend, Philadelphians were treated to the news of a chemical spill that threatened to contaminate local water supplies. Madness ensued. There was a water run in Philadelphia that left everyone scrambling to find and store as much of this life-sustaining fluid as possible. Some people began hoarding hundreds of gallons of water, preparing […]
Even before generative AI hit the scene, there were plenty of ways computers could help us automate repetitive tasks. I remember using Actions and Batch Processing in Photoshop back in 2003/2004 to record a series of steps and then apply those steps to hundreds of photos at a time. I remember using a tool that […]
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