Community of Purpose
What a naval battle can tell us about building organizational trust Warfare has often been a useful lens to understand strategy. Battles are rarely won or lost based on numerical … Continue reading Community of Purpose
Tag: Organizational Culture
Sub-Optimal Optimization
In an era when memes were not a thing, “wax on, wax off” was for me my first meme. All the kids had seen The Karate Kid and for weeks … Continue reading Sub-Optimal Optimization
OK Boomer Organization
How enterprises misfire in aligning talent to work It was the shot heard around the world. Or rather, the putdown heard loud and clear from New Zealand. When Chloe Swarbrick uttered … Continue reading OK Boomer Organization
Failure to Communicate
Transformation requires changing how teams are structured In 1960, the US was woefully behind the Soviet Union in the space race. The Mercury Redstone Launch Vehicle was NASA’s bid to … Continue reading Failure to Communicate
The Management Conundrum
Why companies get stuck in business as usual management My fondest times from childhood were playing with Legos. While I had some of the early City and Space sets, I … Continue reading The Management Conundrum
Modern View on Architecting Teams
What matters in building high performing engineering teams Sometimes going down the Internet rabbit hole is not a waste of time. Sometimes it is a marvelous revelation as I discovered … Continue reading Modern View on Architecting Teams
Hiring the Outliers
Building innovation teams requires a different breed The very balance of air superiority during World War II was at risk of being upended. Germany was close to launching the world’s … Continue reading Hiring the Outliers
Inception!
A better way to introduce massive change into your organization What was your favorite movie of the 2000’s? Mine was Inception with Leonardo Dicaprio as “dream thief” on a mission … Continue reading Inception!
The Labors of Code
Corporate culture has a lot to do in shaping successful dev teams The year of 1886 was a pivotal moment for the global labor movement. Two years earlier in Chicago, the … Continue reading The Labors of Code
Motivation and Online Communities
Not everyone will participate, here’s how to build an engaged community When I moved to San Francisco early in my career to pursue my Dot Com 1.0 Internet millionaire dreams, … Continue reading Motivation and Online Communities
Failure at Scale
Between 1530 and 1650, thousands journeyed into the deepest interior of South America. They were desperately seeking the lost city of El Dorado and its untold riches of gold. Ultimately … Continue reading Failure at Scale
The Digital Expectations Divide
You may have heard of the digital divide. It’s the divide between those that have Internet and computing access and those that do not. The effect is a disparity in … Continue reading The Digital Expectations Divide
