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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…
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Recently I have started (another) deep dive into the broader subject of “leadership.” After writing and publishing Disrupt Disruption – How to Decode…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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My friend Rob Evans, co-founder of Imaginal Labs, likes to point out that “like evolution in the natural world, practical innovations almost always…
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’Tis the season… The year ended, and we muddled through and swore everything would be better next year. More organized. Better aligned. Less chaotic…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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