25
Aug
Breaking In
We all try to change our managers.
We think we can break them in like new shoes.
Here's
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22
Aug
Poetry Doesn't Pay
You have 3 seconds.
That's how long your prospect gives your message before their brain decides: stay or
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21
Aug
Clarity Without Chains
Most managers give their teams GPS coordinates, detailed playbooks, and somehow… paralysis.
Then I learned about Commander's Intent—
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20
Aug
Selling Air Time
Picture this: It's 1962, and someone at Rolls-Royce is about to propose the stupidest idea in aerospace history.
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19
Aug
The Gorilla Blindness
Multitasking is a lie we tell ourselves.
Harvard radiologists were asked to spot lung cancer in CT scans. They'
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18
Aug
The cure became the disease.
Slack was supposed to save us from email.
Instead, it broke our focus.
Email had boundaries—you checked it, then
15
Aug
Check Your Tower
Every tower that fell started with smart people being right in different directions.
Three questions reveal everything...
1. Can your
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14
Aug
Too Simple?
Here's what happens when you introduce customer language to a marketing team...
The junior folks immediately get it.
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13
Aug
One True North
Plot twist...
The Rosetta Stone didn't contain new information. It had the same message in three languages. Everyone
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12
Aug
Five Right Answers
At Babel, God's intervention was instant and obvious.
Nobody pretended to understand each other. The project died immediately.
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