Subject: Stop managing behavior, it won’t change performance
Stop managing behavior, it won’t change performance
August 27th, 2026 at 9:04 am EDTWe all know what happened to the Titanic. But did you realize you're battling that same iceberg every time you try to manage the same behavior from the same direct report, over and over again? The thing you keep addressing isn't actually the thing. ...
Two versions of your AI rollout
August 20th, 2026 at 1:00 pm EDTThere are two versions of how AI is going in your organization right now.One is the view from where you, as a leader, sit; you’ve invested in the tools, the training, and the dashboard is full of activity.The other is what your people are actuall ...
Do You Notice the Drag on your time with AI + 2 Announcing Upcoming Masterclasses
August 12th, 2026 at 2:11 pm EDTA group of experienced developers tested AI on their own work last year. They were sure it had sped them up by about a quarter. The data showed they had actually gone 19% slower, and not one of them felt it happening. That gap, between how fast som ...
Good friction, bad friction, and a $25 million lesson
August 6th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTA finance employee at Arup, the global engineering firm behind the Sydney Opera House, did everything right. He was suspicious of an email with a link to join a video call with the company leaders; he hesitated exactly the way his training taught h ...
A Near Email Hack & 2 Masterclasses to Look Out For.
July 30th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTTwo of my colleagues had their email hacked recently. Earlier this week I got an opportunity to be the 3rd oof. The unsettling part is that I did what I thought was the responsible thing. I wrote about the moment I clicked; I broke it down into slo ...
The Talent You’re Paying to Lose…
July 23rd, 2026 at 3:28 pm EDTThere's a version of your hiring process running right now that you've never actually seen. Not the part with interviews and offer letters. The part before that. The part where a great candidate gets filtered out before a single person on your team ...
Executive Forum Recap: The Magic of Being in the Room
July 17th, 2026 at 1:44 pm EDTThis past Wednesday, I sat down with a small group of leaders for our Executive Forum: Your Team Is in Quicksand, and You're Reaching for the Wrong Rope. The premise was simple. When execution stalls, most leaders reach for what's familiar. More ac ...
The question a resume can't answer
July 15th, 2026 at 4:13 pm EDTThink about the last person you hired who looked incredible on paper and still didn't work out. It probably wasn't a skills gap. It was something the resume and the interview were never built to catch. Most hiring processes fail before a single res ...
What if Your Strategy Wasn’t the Problem…
July 9th, 2026 at 12:37 pm EDTHave you ever taken an assessment for work? If you did, do you know what part of your mind it was measuring? Did it measure how work moves through the organization and where it gets stuck, or how people feel about each other? Most leaders have neve ...
We’re skipping the Video & Blog this week to Celebrate with a Summer Special and More!!! Read on!
July 2nd, 2026 at 4:00 pm EDTWanted to take a moment to celebrate and share some important events coming up in July! First is the Audacious Concepts Inc Summer Special. You can’t beat the heat with this deal, it’s hot, hot, hot… Lol. That’s my best car salesman pitch, ...