Latest Posts
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The Weight of the Wall: Leadership When the Cost Becomes Real
Leadership insight from “Game of Thrones”: The night gathers and now my watch begins
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Undelegated Consequence: Why Leaders Must Own the Weight of Their Decisions
Leadership insight from “Game of Thrones”: The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword
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The Architecture of Chaos: How Some Leaders Weaponize Instability
Leadership insight from “Game of Thrones”: Chaos is a ladder
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Zero-Sum Thinking: When Leadership Requires Unsparing Clarity About Stakes
Leadership insight from “Game of Thrones”: When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die
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Information as Weaponry: How Leaders Win Through Observation, Not Bluster
Leadership insight from “Game of Thrones”: I drink and I know things
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The Invisible Extraction: How Leaders Maintain Confidence During Transitions
Leadership insight from “The Sting”: You gotta keep his con even after you take his money. He can’t know you took him
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Asset Leverage: How Leaders Navigate Organizational Resistance
Leadership insight from “Working Girl”: I have a head for business and a bod for sin. Is there anything wrong with that?
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The Fifty Feet of Crap: How Leaders Win on Unequal Playing Fields
Leadership insight from “Moneyball”: The problem we’re trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s fifty feet of crap, and then there’s us. It’s an unfair game
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Resource Realism: When Leaders Must Admit the Plan Was Too Small
Leadership insight from “Jaws”: You’re going to need a bigger boat
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Idea Implantation: How Leaders Inoculate Their Teams Against Doubt
Leadership insight from “Inception”: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient, highly contagious, and once an idea has taken hold in the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate