Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It was an amusing game at a leadership retreat, especially after a few adult beverages. The instructions were simply describe leadership as a highway sign and tell why. The game – especially the off-the-beaten-path answer – was the subject of the following morning’s workshop. Just ask Jack or Chuck.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Leading the crusade, we have the diversity industry, that unstoppable army of consultants, books, and workshops that has spent decades trying to sell business on what it calls the “business case” for workplace diversity and inclusion. The Valley’s tech workers are overwhelmingly men (83%) who are white or Asian (94%).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. LaunchPad , a San Francisco startup that provides enterprise innovation software, recently participated in a vision sprint that I designed for them.

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