We live in an age of mass production and mass consumption. Quite possibly our economies are built on this. Lots of cheap shit we don’t need sold by mega corporations who care more about hitting their quarterly targets than they do about the joy of making and using great products…
There are many objections we see out in the world to the growing movement for more purpose-driven businesses. Those objections come in several flavors. Here are a few:
The silly
“Well purpose can’t solve every problem.”
As if anyone ever said it could.
The grumpy
“I’ve worked for 30 years, and…
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At Rule No. 1, our work is about helping leaders, teams, brands, and companies…
Rivers of ink have been spilled over important business debates such as the distinction between management and leadership, or what exactly culture eats for breakfast. And that was just yesterday on LinkedIn!
Yet, one of the most important debates we ought to be having as a business community is simply…
I recently lost a project I was really excited about with a leader I really wanted to work with. I lost it not because they didn’t like our thinking. Not because we weren’t a good fit. Not because of price. I lost it because there was one aspect of how…
Do you lead a company, division, function, or team? Do you have or participate in a culture? Are you a human? If so, this article is for you!
In just 3 easy steps, I will teach you how to master culture to drive your organization to new heights in 2…
So…2020. Am I right? A year so fucked up it actually made us miss 2019. Which was no banner year either.
The background
Over the past 10 years, my work has been about helping organizations identify and articulate what they uniquely stand for so they can bravely live those ideas in their culture and in the world.
Four years ago, I started Rule No. 1 to continue that work but with…
It’s hard to tell where we are in the course of this pandemic and the reinvigorated movement to promote racial justice. And clearly, progress differs wildly from one place to the next — even in different parts of the same country.
But it does seem that economies are switching back…
We all know there’s an entire category at work — departments, topics, tasks — that’s the soft stuff. Stuff that’s hard to define, hard to measure, hard to track, and has questionable impact.
I’m here to defend the soft stuff.
I’m here to say that as squishy as finance and…
