Leadership is just another code word for innovation. Every business I’ve ever dealt with that sought help with innovation had leadership challenges. I’ve always said that if you want innovation, you have to eliminate what stands in its way. And what stands in its way? Old mindsets, outdated ideas, hubris, unquestioned processes and practices.
Category Archives: entrepreneurship
AI Isn’t an Add-On. It’s a Reinvention Mandate.
I was talking with a collaborator last week who kept framing AI as something we’d “layer into” existing processes. Make the workflow faster. Reduce some costs. Optimize what we already have.
Be Fundamentally Different, Not Incrementally Better
A few times a month, I listen to Lenny’s podcast. The interviews are great, but the one I heard recently is a must listen: His interview with Jag Duggal, the Chief Product Officer of Nubank.
The Decade That Will Reshape Everything: Three Shifts Every Leader Must Master
Most executives are fighting the last war. They’re optimizing for efficiency when they should be building for adaptability; they’re defending market share when entire markets are about to disappear.
Stop Hoarding Your Ideas. Nobody Can Execute Them Like You Can
I was recently talking with a few family members, and they asked me about what I’m working on and started going. My aunt was listening, and when I finished, she said, “Don’t give ideas away freely!”
The Productivity Trap That’s Making You Replaceable
Robert Redford died yesterday. He was a great actor, the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and a fierce activist for storytelling itself.