Complexity • 5 min read Strategic Timeframes - Balancing Long Term Focus with Short Term Actions Leadership, management, and organizations are riddled with paradoxes. The more we recognize them the more we can be effective in…
Frameworks/Mental Models • 30 min read How Bezos Thinks - All his Frameworks and Mental Models In 1994 Amazon was just an idea in someone’s head, that of Jeff Bezos. Today it's a…
Complexity • 3 min read Linear Causality vs Circular Causality in Decision Making The "if...then" way of thinking about cause and effect is common in business. Circular causality is often…
Leadership • 7 min read Leadership can be learned but cannot be taught — the role of coaching Leadership as with any skill is something we can learn. Paradoxically though, it cannot be taught. How do we navigate…
Leadership • 7 min read Using Deliberate Practice to Increase Leadership Effectiveness Deliberate practice is one of the few proven research-backed frameworks to improve performance. But it's not used enough…
Language • 13 min read Using the Ladder of Inference to Make Better Decisions Decisions are heavily influenced by our existing mental models of the world. What makes it tricky is that most of…
Leadership • 14 min read Three Pillars and Two Contexts of Modern Leadership Modern leadership can be a confusing minefield of topics. At the same time anyone can become good at it by…
Human OS • 7 min read Leaders have to Master Basics of the Human OS The recent mass exodus of employees even from well-paid professional jobs has come as a wake-up call to the corporate…
Careers • 3 min read A Framework for Year End Reviews Doing regular reviews at midyear or yearend with ourselves are a good exercise. Frameworks can help us orient and ask…
Language • 12 min read Leadership Communication- The Hidden Role of Language Language, because of its ubiquity and obviousness, does not get much attention from leaders and organizations as an area for…
Self-Mastery • 11 min read Types of Goals - Understanding the Nuances of Effective Goals Goals and objectives are part of modern organizational reality. They are common parlance to the point where we often take…
Organizations • 6 min read Paradoxes of Leadership and Management Leading and managing can be stressful and frustrating because of inherent paradoxes built into the nature of the beast. One…