Sitting on a bench talking about Org Design

by | Nov 26, 2024 | Newsletter

Last night I had an interesting conversation with a fellow dance dad that was picking up his daughter at the same time as me. We got on the topic of what I do… which is always a problem. Because. What do I do? Well, I design board games. I do that. I write. I do that....

The issue is never the issue…

by | Oct 22, 2024 | Newsletter

And neither is that… Over the last couple of years I’ve been working more and more with something called EOS (The Entrepreneurial Operating System). It’s basically just a really tight organizational structure focused on vision, clarity, and accountability. I...

Culture is (*checks notes) overrated

by | Aug 20, 2024 | Newsletter

Sometimes I’m not sure how much I believe this and other times I think there’s nothing I believe more. I’ve worked in a number of organizations where there was a huge push towards making sure that the culture was top notch. There were expensive coffee makers, nerf...

The thing about people is…

by | Jul 23, 2024 | Newsletter

The thing about people is that they’re quite unpredictable. You’ll just be cruising along thinking you’ve got them all figured out and then one day, WHAM! you find out they like sauerkraut. There’s no limit to the depravity. Because people are so unpredictable we’re...