Leadership
The Backbone
The key to closing the gap between strategy and execution.
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What We Lose When the Middle Goes
Why the 2026 middle management cuts at Amazon, Meta, and Citigroup are setting up the next failure cycle
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The Work That Holds Off Complacency
Knowing complacency is a problem doesn’t fix anything.
Leadership
Compliance Isn’t Adoption
How New Habits Spread
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The Myth of the Superteam
Most teams won’t become superteams, and that’s fine.
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The Hollow Middle
Engagement Starts in the Middle, yet is rarely focused there.
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The network you can’t see is the one running your company
Internal Connections Go Beyond the Org Chart
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When the math says cut, the evidence says invest
The financial case for people investment during downturns is settled. The implementation gap isn’t.
Culture
Three Things Leaders Can Do to Build Stronger Networks on Their Teams
What leaders can do to build peer leadership.
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A Warning for AI from the Age of Enlightenment
Two hundred years later, we have better tools, better data, and no excuses
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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