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Values are only useful if they make a difference in the actions you take and the decisions you make.  So when leaders and organizations talk about core values, the true test of each one [...]

You’ve seen it, but chances are, you couldn’t stop it from happening. At a team meeting, a problem is raised, and the boss—trying to be helpful, or trying to be the hero, or simply because he [...]

Did you know that many “walk” buttons at intersections actually do nothing? Not because they’re broken, but because they were deliberately deactivated when computer-controlled traffic signals [...]

According to psychologists, humans are hardwired to dislike uncertainty; it’s in our DNA. In a recent study, researchers discovered that uncertainty is more stressful to people than knowing that [...]

“Chief Transformation Officer” is a trending title. In the past year and a half, Equifax, UPS, Neiman Marcus, Service Master have created this role. Each company, however, means [...]

Look at the six most valuable companies in the world — Apple, Alphabet (parent company of Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Alibaba —  and you’ll see one important element in common. [...]

Ten years from now, what mechanisms do you think will exist for people to sell data about themselves?After all, long ago, land, water and in many cases labor, used to be free, until systems were [...]

 In nearly every industry, companies are confronting new types of competition. The leaders I talk too are worried about new technologies. They’re worried about new competitors, and the new [...]

Fearless Growth℠ Are you ready to grow fearlessly? We help world-class organizations to achieve lasting performance improvement through Fearless Growth℠. Call us to discuss a custom-designed [...]

Activist investors were busy in 2017. General Electric, AIG, Arconic, CSX, Pandora, and Buffalo Wild Wings are among the companies whose CEOs resigned under pressure from activist investors. [...]