Yogi Berra, the famous NY Yankee catcher once said, “when you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Organizations today stand at a crossroads to sustained performance. One path is familiar, following the lead of financial return and efficiency metrics; it is about keeping “feet on the ground”.[…]
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As legend has it, John Henry was a steel-driving man who defeated a steam-powered drill, before collapsing and dying with a hammer in his hand.[…]
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A critical function of leadership is to ask questions and not settle for answers. This protects uncertainty as a space for curiosity and imagination. When there are too many answers provided and too few questions asked, things stagnate and the atmosphere stifles. Protecting uncertainty is akin to keeping a window open for light and fresh air, maintaining a sense of opportunity and the ambiguity that keeps the spirit of humanity as a search for meaning[…]
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Ask not what the ecosystem can do for you, but what you can do for the ecosystem. In the ‘paradox
Continue reading“First, let’s fire all the managers” said Gary Hamel almost seven years ago in Harvard Business Review. “Think of the
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