Thoughts

What organizations need to thrive going forward is employees who are passionate about their work, believe in what the organization is trying to achieve, and actively […]

Organizations have honed the skill of undermining their own success. I don’t mean that as an insult. I mean it as a diagnosis. Andrew and I […]

“Great teams don’t just work together. They know when to swarm and when to flock.” Have you ever watched kids play football (or soccer, for our American friends)? At five, […]

“Values are the words we choose. Beliefs are the stories we live.” — Borrowed from every leader who’s ever watched a values retreat fizzle into business-as-usual. […]

“Not everything that makes learning easier makes us wiser.” — Borrowed from every leader who’s watched smart tools quietly weaken real thinking. The Gap That Silently […]

Boards are turning the screw. KPMG’s 2026 Adaptability Index says 81% of executives feel greater pressure to adapt to disruption, yet only 30% believe their structures, roles […]

When Andrew and I set out to write HumanCorps, we recognized that modern approaches were overlooking mindset, which represents the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. […]

It should come as little surprise that transformation programs have been producing results in smaller quantities and shorter durations, despite the efforts to quantify and measure […]

Research on collective intelligence shows that a group of people can outperform the smartest person in the room, but only when three conditions are satisfied: respect, […]