Strategy
On Gallup’s 2026 Workplace Report
The Finding Is Right. The Protocols Are the Harder Question.
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The network you can’t see is the one running your company
Internal Connections Go Beyond the Org Chart
Strategy
Innovation is a relationship, not a moment
Responding to Andrew Blackman’s “The Myth of the Lone Inventor Is Largely Just That—a Myth”
Essay
When the math says cut, the evidence says invest
The financial case for people investment during downturns is settled. The implementation gap isn’t.
Employee Engagement
The Funeral or the Lab
What Bell Labs got right about innovation is exactly what today’s workplaces are dismantling
Culture
Three Things Leaders Can Do to Build Stronger Networks on Their Teams
What leaders can do to build peer leadership.
Culture
Your Team Has Leaders You Haven’t Developed
We largely ignore the people already leading from within.
Essay
A Warning for AI from the Age of Enlightenment
Two hundred years later, we have better tools, better data, and no excuses
Learning and Development
When “AI Practice” Meets Monday Morning
AI doesn’t reduce work, it changes it.
Essay
The Socialization Deficit
Why Your Networking Infrastructure Is Broken and How to Rebuild It
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Whose Tide?
Redesigning Relationship Infrastructure for Equity
Essay
What Lewis and Clark Can Teach Us About Leading People Through AI
We’ve navigated unmapped territory before. The pattern is older than we think.