leadership
This is an old 2017 interview with Stewart Brand, which is a great listen -- I loved Tim and Stewart's discussion of the farewell words of the Whole Earth Catalog "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." It's inspiring to be reminded to keep curiousity and drive
miscellaneous
I listened to this podcast interview (Art of Manliness podcast) with Oliver Burkeman recently, and it was great. As someone who loves to make lots of long lists (e.g., todo lists, books to read, browser tabs to read), which is overwhelming, I really enjoyed the idea of shifting how
leadership
If you work, especially early in your career, only on high-maturity organizations (e.g., teams, projects, departments), you miss out a lot on learning how to build and sustain a high maturity organization. Working on that "red program" or in that struggling department forces you to really understand
books
I recently enjoyed the Die With Zero audiobook. I thought, based on the title, it would be about being generous, giving away your money to your kids and charities before you die, so they can use the money sooner. While that's touched on, the focus is on the
miscellaneous
There are many great assessment models, and associated tools, to understand your personality, working style, and/or leadership style. Using a standard tool across your organization for your leaders is incredibly powerful to help leaders understand how to work together better, and how to consider candidates for key positions. Here&
leadership
I've been enjoying some old podcast episodes from Reboot.io, which is a coaching company. I was recently listening to this 2015 episode (Reboot Podcast #10 Fail with Honor), and loved Jerry Colonna's comment that the 3 core responsibilities of CEOs are: 1. Hold (and share)
Impact
Through a great friend, I got connected with Jennifer Jacobs last year, who co-founded Connect Our Kids. She has a fascinating journey, including serving in the military in roles relating to nuclear operations. After reading a magazine article about the challenges for social workers to identify relatives of children in
miscellaneous
I was recently listening to a great HBR IdeaCast podcast about interview styles. The author, Anna Papalia, was sharing that she identified four different interview styles, but both interviewers and interviewees use, and how we should be more aware of those styles, and how they affect our assessments of candidate
leadership
I was recently listening to this amazing podcast interview of Lee Ellis by Jocko Willink (About Lee Ellis), and they talked about the leadership tension in balancing accountability (demanding performance) and caring (supporting your people), which was powerful to hear within the context Lee's 5.5-year Prisoner of
leadership
I had the honor of teaching a class yesterday with a room full of incredible Veteran entrepreneurs as part of the National Center for Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)'s ADVANCE program for emerging businesses. VIP is an incredible organization, which offers different training cohort-based experiences for eligible Veterans
leadership
I was recently talking with a leader who is focused on maturing her organization's operations, and I suggested she start with a small effort of establishing a single, central playbook document (e.g., Google Doc or Word file in MS Teams folder) where they can begin to capture,
CIO
As an introvert, it’s easy for me, when under pressure to prioritize a heads-down, intense work mode, which can be powerful (e.g., Cal Newport's Deep Work and Pomodoro Technique). After enjoying yesterday's HMG CIO Summit, I was reminded that building professional peer relationships is