I’ve always been comfortable with ambiguity. I like new challenges and figuring things out. Of course, most everyone isn’t like this. They dread uncertainty, and love what’s familiar and easy.
Category Archives: Leadership
For Innovation: Be Idea Lead, Not Opinion Lead
in Innovation, Leadership
There isn’t a day that goes by when someone doesn’t express their sorrow to me about their job. How they don’t feel empowered to do the right thing, and how every decision has to be passed by various people.
If You Really Want To Empower People Get Out of Their Way
in Leadership
A few weeks ago I shared “My User Manual“, how to deal with me, with my team at Netek. I’ve used it for a long time to get people to talk about themselves in front of each other, so I thought it would be a great exercise for the team to express themselves in a safe way.
When Someone Points Out The Flaws In Your Idea You Need To Thank Them
At both of my ventures, Better and Netek, we operate by many key principles, one of them is avoiding stupidity; which is to avoid bad decisions. So instead of asking ourselves,”how do we make good decisions?; we ask: how do we avoid making bad ones?
Lead. Don’t Compete
in Innovation, Leadership
This is a quick post I’m writing for a friend of mine who’s in the middle of a leadership challenge…
It’s easy to look at what others are doing and copy that. It’s easy to follow what already works. It’s all easy, no need to think about it.
But you know what isn’t easy?
People Walk Away When You Waste Their Time and Talent
in Innovation, Leadership
Miserable, undervalued, overlooked, not living up to my potential, taken for granted. These and other words are used by people who’s employeer doesn’t let them be the best version of themselves at work.