Leading Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The big decisions in life, what Russ Roberts calls Wild Problems — whether to marry, who to marry, what career path to follow, ethical dilemmas — “can’t be made with data, or science, or the usual rational approaches.”. In 1838, Charles Darwin faced a wild problem. So what do we do when faced with a wild problem?
Leading Blog
APRIL 27, 2020
Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes. It looks like his career is over. They must be able to execute a plan under pressure. They doubt they can save his leg. But it isn’t. His ambitions have only grown.
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Leading Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The reality is that creativity in your career environment is derived from both the need to solve a problem and the desire to avoid or solve future problems (which often leads to innovation). If you are methodical and analytical, that statement probably makes you cringe. To be a wildly successful visionary, you must not fear creativity.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2021
These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2020
We need new ways to lead during the crisis – from how to reshape our careers or work, to how to craft a fresh collaborative model in this instantly all-digital age. The authors write: We’re adrift – lacking the stabilizing force of the office, the social grounding of a shared workplace, essential interactions with colleagues.
Leading Blog
JUNE 15, 2020
A graduate of MIT and Stanford, he is also the author of Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior; Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success); and The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Even early in his career, he possessed those qualities, and his reputation only grew throughout his lifetime. I MAGINE that this is your situation: Your young company is a raging success. Its product, a simple one that can be produced easily because of a manufacturing process that you invented, is wildly popular.
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