For those of you living under a large rock, there’s a famous comedian named Chris Rock who got slapped in the face live at the Oscars last year by a famous actor named Will Smith. …

The quick version of this article Branding started out simple. Then humans do what we do. We made it stupidly complicated and corporatized it so we could sell boatloads of shit to people who didn’t want or need it. But the times they are a changin’. People today care more about…

Look, friend. There’s been a lot written about leadership. Like, a lot. And if you couldn’t find the wisdom you needed in any of the other books, articles, whitepapers, compendia, training courses, retreats, seminars, tweets, or podcasts, you’re almost definitely not going to find it here. I feel for you…

Dear Brutus, Hey…bud. I hope this scroll finds you well. If you’re reading this, I have shuffled off my mortal coil. With any luck, I am frolicking with the Gods. Though, to be honest, I’ve second thoughts about what we did and I’m likely destined for Hades. Shit’s getting crazy…

Metrics. A topic near and dear to everyone’s heart. Well, maybe not so dear. I suppose businesses need metrics. If we don’t measure anything, then we’re probably left with nothing more than our subjective impressions. Which benefits a few lucky people to the detriment of everyone else. But the problem…

As companies continue to make choices about whether to require workers to come back into the office and, if so, how often, a robust discussion is unfolding at dinner tables, in social media, and in the executive suite about the merits — if any — of in-person work. There are…

—Yogi Berra 1973 We’re given lots of advice in business about how to pursue success. Even how to define success. But I’m interested in when you know you’ve succeeded or failed. For example, there are two schools of thought in the innovation world about how much time to devote to…

At Rule No. 1, we talk quite a bit about humanity at work. But frankly, we haven’t explained ourselves well enough. Too often, when we say “humanity” it’s taken to mean that people should extend basic kindness and respect to each other at work. But we’re making a larger point…

I recently wrote an article in which I argued that the frame or category of “business” like all frames and categories, was invented by humans and can be — should be, actually — reinvented or uninvented. …