Things We Think

“Don’t tell anyone what you just told me”

Fun fact. I really like to do my best work. Period. And what I’ve learned over time is that sometimes that doesn’t fit with the “big picture”. There was a time when I was an overnight manager at a call center. I worked from 6:45pm - 3:30am. I didn’t mind it. At that...

What the f@ck is Organizational Design?

10 years ago I could not have answered this question. I knew about change management from the movie Office Space and the Two Bobs. But actual organizational design is, not surprisingly, different than. MIke Judge movie starring Ron Livingstone (the most underrated...

“The Way We’ve Always Done Things”

I have a history of making changes. I’ve never worked somewhere and been happy with just reading a list of things to do and then doing them. Sometimes that’s helped me achieve high levels of success and sometimes that’s made it pretty clear that I should find work...