Do “calls for unity” work, at home or at work?
Does it mean “go along with what I say because I now have more power,” or is it real? Continue Reading
Future of Work
Walk alongside your employees
Melinda Gates, Brene Brown, drinking benders, horses, and thought partners. Continue Reading
The refrain: “Create good jobs!” But like, do executives and founders WANT to do that?
We keep saying the same stuff about “repairing the economy,” but the people pulling the levers don’t seem to want that. Continue Reading
Do we think Gartner understands social desirability bias?
What do execs really care about vs. what do they say on surveys? Continue Reading
What if middle managers didn’t have to be direct reports themselves?
What if we created two distinct classes of managers, instead of pulling people in different directions? Continue Reading
The power and the peril of unled lives
1,000,000,000 possibilities for your existence, plus Sunday night margaritas. Continue Reading
Automation and greed
“New, value-add, less-monotonous jobs will be created!” Um. Will they, though? Continue Reading
“The leadership addicts”
“Yawning subordinates.” Continue Reading