The Germans have a saying, “Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf.” It translates into (somewhat nonsensically) “the fish rots from the head” and refers to the idea…
Recently I have started (another) deep dive into the broader subject of “leadership.” After writing and publishing Disrupt Disruption – How to Decode…

February 2023

The other day, while flipping through a beautifully produced outdoor magazine, I came across a full-page illustration of a terrain map with the words…
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos once remarked, “doing things at high speed, that’s the best defense against the future.” By now, I have spent more than 30…
Dear Friend — Allow me to interrupt our usual programming for an announcement: I just launched my new book Disrupt Disruption – How to Decode The…
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January 2023

Yesterday I recorded an episode of the Disrupt Disruption podcast with Mary Grove, Managing Director of Bread and Butter Ventures and former founding…
A good ten years ago, at Amazon re:Invent 2012, Jeff Bezos cracked a joke on stage while being interviewed by Werner Vogels (Amazon’s CTO): “It is…
My friend Rob Evans, co-founder of Imaginal Labs, likes to point out that “like evolution in the natural world, practical innovations almost always…
’Tis the season… The year ended, and we muddled through and swore everything would be better next year. More organized. Better aligned. Less chaotic…

December 2022

You heard the saying: Early bird catches the worm. And you heard the words: First Mover Advantage. You also saw the reality: First movers nearly never…
Sixty years ago, 1962, acclaimed author James Baldwin penned an essay in the New York Times Book Review titled “As Much Truth As One Can Bear.” The…

November 2022

Today I had lunch with a wonderful group of truly highly accomplished people. Folks who have worked on peacekeeping missions in the gnarliest of…