The week leading up to the New Year is a great week for reflection.. My first leadership experience was when I worked at FedEx Ground; I was 18 years old. I wasn’t a manager, but I had responsibilities and supervised people. I earned that because of my quick development and smarts, I didn’t have someone to mentor me.
Archive for: December, 2022
The Undisciplined Pursuit of More
Why do some companies fail and others succeed? It’s a question explored by author Jim Collins in his book How The Mighty Fall. According to Collins, there are 5 reasons why companies fail; one is the undisciplined pursuit of more.
How To Turn Ordinary Ideas Into More Unique Ideas
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Ideas don’t matter, execution does. You’ve heard this before. But ideas do matter. Recognizing whether it’s a good or bad one, and making it better. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists live here. Recently, a friend of mine who works at an accelerator confided to me that the organization has finally started thinking more deeply about the quality of the ideas that they get pitched.