Yogi Berra, the famous NY Yankee catcher once said, āwhen you come to a fork in the road, take it.ā 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 āfeet on the groundā.[ā¦]
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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.[ā¦]
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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[ā¦]
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Ask not what the ecosystem can do for you, but what you can do for the ecosystem. In the āparadox
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Continue readingQuick. Name ten entrepreneurs. Those pulling from recent history might easily name Steve Jobs, Jack Ma, Robin Chase, Mark Zuckerberg.
Continue readingManagement is a lens. Itās the best way yet invented to focus the organisationās capital, human, and time resources toward
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