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The Problem with Stereotypes
“A single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. When we stereotype others, we reduce them. We imprison them in our own small view, a dark and tiny place with no light and no room for growth.” novelist Chimamanda Adichie Isn’t ...
The Lobby is the Leadership Pipeline (Credit Unions, this one’s for you!)
When we talk about leadership development, we often picture training programs, executive coaching, or high-potential pipelines. But some of the strongest leaders don’t start in the boardroom—they start in the lobby. In fact, companies that promote from within fill 82% of their leadership roles that way, according to LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report. Why? Because frontline ...
The High Cost of Conformity
Imagine you are in a room with seven other people, and the person running the meeting presents everyone with two cards. On the left-hand card is a line. On the right-hand card are three lines of differing lengths. You are asked to pick which line on the right card matches the length of the line ...
The Hardest Part is Starting
Transcript: Three years ago this summer, we went on an adventure. My friend Hobbit and Erich, we got together and we took our four teenagers and we flew to Seattle, Washington with our bicycles and we unpacked our bicycles on the front lawn of our friend, Jason and Jorji’s house, and we assembled them and ...
The Future of Work Belongs to the Most Human Among Us
Technology Makes Human Skills More Essential, Not Less The rise of AI has changed the conversation in every workplace. Tasks that used to eat up hours now take minutes. Data that once required long reports now shows up instantly. Information that used to be locked behind roles, departments, or systems is suddenly accessible to everyone. ...
The Astonishing Ignorance, and Brilliance, of Henry Ford
Henry Ford is heralded today as a technological genius, a brilliant capitalist, even a kind and generous moralist fighting for the rights and wages of commoners. He is often referred to as the inventor of the modern age. Quotes from Henry Ford are plastered on notecards and in boardrooms everywhere. “If you think you can ...
