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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The human imperative: becoming who we are
Questions Leaders Must Ask by Joseph Pistrui and Dimo Dimov
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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Thinking for the age of ecosystems by Joseph Pistrui and Dimo Dimov
Ask not what the ecosystem can do for you, but what you can do for the ecosystem. In the ‘paradox
Continue readingThe Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways
by Joseph Pistrui & Dimo Dimov
“First, let’s fire all the managers” said Gary Hamel almost seven years ago in Harvard Business Review. “Think of the
Continue readingInclude Me Out
by Joseph Pistrui
In the 1930s, a group of Hollywood executives tried to entice Samuel Goldwyn to join them in a project. Upon
Continue readingToward a society of entrepreneurs
by Joseph Pistrui
Quick. Name ten entrepreneurs. Those pulling from recent history might easily name Steve Jobs, Jack Ma, Robin Chase, Mark Zuckerberg.
Continue readingTime to Clean the Management Lens
by Joseph Pistrui
Management is a lens. It’s the best way yet invented to focus the organisation’s capital, human, and time resources toward
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