E167 – The Roundabout – When Control is an Illusion
Like all of you, I have driven through a roundabout a thousand times. One rule makes it work: the driver entering gives way…
E166 – Many Believers. Zero Passengers – Belief is Cheap. Trust Costs.
“Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.” Last Sunday, I chanced upon an interview with John Kim, author of the recent book…
E165 – Act Now, Regret Later – The Instinct Every “AI or Die” Pitch Is Counting On.
A 1st of July CNBC article titled “Employers who laid off workers citing AI are already starting to…
E164 – The Storyboard Secret – What Disney Taught AirBnB
Back in the late 1990s, as a brand manager at Hindustan Unilever, I was in a briefing for a Jai soap ad shoot. The creative person…
E163 – The Long Walk Back – Never Let Anyone Carry Failure Alone
For more than thirty years, I’ve held a belief that most football fans probably disagree with. I think penalty shootouts are…
E162 – Curiosity Not Contempt – Zip Your Lips
All of us have met that person. The new leader. The consultant. The expert. The person who has barely arrived but already knows what’s wrong with everyone…
E161 – Intuition or Analysis – Six Lives At Stake
In the world of business, full of buzzwords like brainstorming, analysis, rationality, is there still a role for instinct and intuition? Today’s…
E160 – Facts Inform. Stories Move – A Lesson from 9/11
You’ve presented the data. Made the case. Shown the numbers. And still nothing moved. Sound familiar? The reason that…
E159 – Bruno Fernandes, The Assist Maker – The Best Leaders Make Others Score
In a world that worships the goal-scorer, this week’s story is about the man who made the goals…
E158 – He Should Be My Boss – Satya Nadella’s Unexpected Move
A story that touched my heart about a CEO I admire and an act I never expected to happen in a dog eat dog world. Listen…