Every Great Success Has a Team Behind It—So Does Every Disaster
Great Things in Business: The Truth Behind the Teams “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re […]
Leadership & Management
Provoking
Stories, humor, aphorisms, gallimaufry and analects to challenge, inspire, and inspect conventional wisdom.
Gallifraumy, Soccer Analytics, Uncategorized
Soccer Analytics Made Simple: 17 Metrics Every Player, Coach, and Fantasy Fan Should Know
Why This Cheat Sheet? I first came across these metrics in an article in The Economist, which described how fantasy
Gallifraumy, Humor
Shortly-6,500 years of customer service avoidance
Shortly A Word That Survived Centuries by Never Showing Up From PIE to PR — the evolution of elegant evasion
Gallifraumy, Humor
Etymology of Shortly
This is the full etymology of the word shortly.Click on any circles to see the details and timeline. *sker-* *skurta*
Aphorisms, Communicating, Gallifraumy, Problems To Solve
A Frog in a Well Cannot Conceive of the Sea: Leadership Overreach Through History
At a company I once worked for, our COO was a brilliant engineer. He had been a GE vice president
Analects, Aphorisms, Communicating, Problems To Solve
Do You Show Signs of Hubris Syndrome?
Introduction In 2009, Lord David Owen, a former UK Foreign Secretary and physician, described a pattern he observed in leaders
FOLLOWERSHIP: Where Leadership Quietly Begins
Robert E. Kelley’s Five Styles of Followership is a widely recognized framework that classifies followers based on two dimensions: Kelley introduced this
Communicating, Problems To Solve, Provoking
Must Win or Can’t Lose?
Decoding Management’s Favorite Euphemisms for Panic Every team has heard them: “This is a must-win.” “It’s ours to lose.” “We can’t afford to
Gallifraumy, Provoking
Gift, Donation or Bribe? Ask the “Gift.”
Imagine you are offered skybox tickets to an exclusive event. Is it simply a gesture of goodwill — or something more complicated?
Aphorisms, Objectives
THINK: The antidote to Ready, Fire, Aim
In 1921 Thomas J. Watson Sr., the legendary leader of IBM, saw the word “THINK” prominently displayed at the National