Core values
Building Culture on Distributed Teams
Culture is like a lint trap, if you don’t clean it out regularly, it will accumulate and eventually start a fire. Now is a great time to clean out the culture trap – keeping what…
Be Like Bowie
The first time I saw David Bowie I was five-years-old. He was on television surrounded by puppets singing, “Dance Magic Dance.” I had no idea the magnitude of what I was witnessing or what had…
Tribal Leadership Tip #3
Five Whys to Values A key leverage point from moving Stage Three to Stage Four is to align people on shared values. So how do figure out what people value? A quick way is to…
The New Wave of Spirituality: Work
I had more time to think about the Pew research study on religion than most people. One of their pollsters phoned me when I was home sick, and since I had nothing better to do,…
What Season is Your Company In?
In this week’s CBS Moneywatch blog, I suggest that Apple is in autumn and about to enter its winter period. The question is: what season is your company in, and what do you do once…