Tag: Organizational Culture
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Play 50: Creative Destruction and Leadership
Innovation is only half the story. Great leaders also know what must be abandoned. This article explores how creative destruction—the courage to dismantle outdated ideas, structures, and habits—is essential for long-term leadership success.
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Play 45: Leadership and Power
Power is neither good nor bad—it is a tool. The real question is how leaders use it. In this play, I explore the difference between borrowed and earned power, why trust matters more than authority, and how great leaders use power to build people rather than dependence.
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Book 44: “Tao Te Ching” by Laozi
What can a 2,500-year-old Chinese text teach modern leaders? In this reflection on Laozi’s Tao Te Ching, discover why humility, simplicity, balance, and the art of leading without force may be more relevant today than ever.
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Book 35: “Blind Spots” by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Blind spots don’t mean weak leadership—they mean unseen risk. Learn common leadership blind spots and a practical system to reduce them.
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Play 35:Leaders and Blind Spots
Blind spots don’t mean weak leadership—they mean unseen risk. Learn common leadership blind spots and a practical system to reduce them.
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Book 34: “Practical Wisdom” by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
In Practical Wisdom, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe argue that rules, incentives, and expertise are not enough. Great leadership depends on judgment — the ability to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time.
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Book 32: “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment” by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein
(Why Inconsistent Judgment Undermines Leadership) “To understand error in judgment, we must understand both bias and noise.” We often assume that poor decisions mainly stem from bias. We talk about prejudice, blind spots, ego, and flawed assumptions. Those are genuine problems. But in “Noise”, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein argue that another problem…
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Book 21: “Fooled by Randomness” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness shows leaders how luck distorts results—and how to build better decisions, incentives, and a stronger risk culture.
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Play 13: Why Influence Is the Third Element of Success
Discover how influence in leadership creates lasting impact — the ripple effect that builds trust, collaboration, and meaningful success.