The Octopus and the Executive
This post contains way more information than you ever wanted to know about octopuses. It then uses that information to make some points about executive leadership. What do an executive...
Create an Industrial Internet of People
Previously, we showed how to use the impostor syndrome as a guide for creating capacity and scaling capability. In that post we highlighted the importance of growth and development, but...
The Double-Blind Socratic Method
In order to effectively scale as an executive, at some point you must hire a team of people who know things you don’t. Once your team has capabilities outside your...
Turn Impostor Syndrome to your Advantage
The past two posts have talked about the importance of humility for effective leadership, which will be a recurring theme. At this point it’s worth noting that there are negative...
Applying Dunning Kruger to Interviewing
Have you ever hired someone who you later realized over-sold themselves in the interview? What about someone who once on the job demonstrated they had under-sold themselves in the interview?...
To Learn or not to Learn…
Whether you believe someone else has something to teach you, or you don’t, you're right. This is advice that I recently shared in a presentation to Chief Data and Analytics...
What is Executive Leadership?
Before defining executive leadership let's quickly review what all leaders are responsible for. Nearly everyone in business has at some point seen or drawn the ubiquitous "People, Process, Tools" triangle,...
Who I am and how I got Here
I went to a university with a strong math program, as I wanted to become a math professor. Unfortunately, I didn’t take it seriously enough and was kicked out. For...
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