Sep 27, 2021The Lethal Jackpot UpdatedConsider three “edge of the envelope” scenarios: a black swan; a perfect storm, and a lethal jackpot. A black swan is an unpredictable event that unleashes severe consequences. A perfect storm occurs when a rare combination of circumstances drastically and negatively aggravates an event. What is a lethal jackpot? I…Leadership8 min readLeadership8 min read
May 31, 2021Resilient Self-AuthorshipPersonal and organizational resilience have been a feature of many of our senior leadership strategy workshops over the last decade. Shortly after the 2008 crash, I gathered a team of experts that included psychologists, coaches, consultants and measurement experts to develop a new holistic resilience measurement and guidance tool. Several…Leadership6 min readLeadership6 min read
May 29, 2021Leadership Development: The Fifth WayIn this article you will learn the four generally recognized paths to leadership development and discover a fifth approach. The latter was fashioned initially during a conversation with my client Eric when we were five months into our trusted advisory relationship. A trusted advisory collaboration can be a highly rewarding…Leadership9 min readLeadership9 min read
Feb 13, 2021The Five Meditations — Part 2In The Five Meditations — Part 1, I described the first two meditations I practice: mindfulness and internal printing. In part 2, I will address the third meditative practice that helps me navigate challenging and creative experiences on the edge of the human capacity to perceive and actualize results. Listen…Personal Development5 min readPersonal Development5 min read
Oct 18, 2020My 2020 Epiphany and How to Overcome the Blind Spot of SuccessThe game-changing epiphany of 2020 that hit me in mid-September has changed my outlook about opportunities for the coming decade. Because insights often appear inside the weave of a story, the experience I’m about to relate could provide the insights and provocation to help you unleash a whole new future…Leadership11 min readLeadership11 min read
Sep 19, 2020The Five Meditations — Part 1In a series of recent Keys we’ve explored the terrain of collective intelligence. …Meditation6 min readMeditation6 min read
Aug 15, 2020Collective Intelligence #4 — The Five Altitudes of Business ConversationsThere are two fast ways to ruin a great company and run a business into the ground. The first is to let lawyers run the company. Although attorneys play an important role — they help leaders operate within the law and keep the company out of trouble — they have…Collective Intelligence7 min readCollective Intelligence7 min read
Jul 18, 2020Collective Intelligence #3 — Mapping the Intelligence TerrainIn my previous article, Collective Intelligence #2, I briefly traced a journey that began in my teen years when I led groups in the Israeli youth movement and subsequently developed into working globally with executive teams in some of the most admired companies in the world. …Leadership7 min readLeadership7 min read
May 29, 2020Recognition — An essential yet underutilized organizational currencyDuring a recent senior leadership workshop that I conducted for a client, recognition asserted itself as an important and reflective conversation among the team members. It arose when a team member called our attention to it by saying, “There is so much that as a team we have accomplished over…Leadership6 min readLeadership6 min read
Apr 30, 2020Collective Intelligence #2 — Mapping the Terrain of CollectivesA colleague recently asked me this question: “What have you learned about helping a group of smart people unleash their capacity to access their collective intelligence?” My initial response was that the inquiry is important, and that approaching collective intelligence as a general concept is incomplete and unsatisfying, and therefore…Leadership6 min readLeadership6 min read
