Resilience (and Octopuses)
2021-01-25
Resilience is the ability to survive and bounce back from disruptions and shocks and attacks.Keep Reading
Boycotts (and ‘Girlcotts’)
2021-01-13
Boycotts are a way to protest and force change by collectively refusing to do business with a person, business or country.Keep Reading
Cognitive Dissonance (and Lollipops)
2021-01-09
Cognitive dissonance is the stress of having two things in your mind that contradict one another.Keep Reading
Stock Options (and Fishing Expeditions)
2020-11-28
Stock options are a way of giving employees a piece of ownership in a business.Keep Reading
Social Engineering (and Wolves)
2020-08-18
Social engineering is the use of psychological manipulation (taking advantage of human weakness) to gain access to something off-limits.Keep Reading
Evangelists (and Climbing Mountains)
2020-08-01
Evangelists are people who use their charisma and personality to build innovative products and organizations.Keep Reading
Metrics (and Great Workouts)
2020-07-29
Metrics are the numbers that businesses (and people) choose to measure their performance and health.Keep Reading
Agility (and Elephants)
2020-07-29
Agile businesses are those that try to develop a culture of moving fast and improving their products quickly.Keep Reading
Silos (and Teen Fiction)
2020-07-10
Silos are different departments in an organization that don’t communicate well with each other (and probably don’t want to). Keep Reading
Focus and Execution (and Squirrels)
2020-07-06
Focus means not getting distracted from your main objectives. Execution means getting things done – the things you need to get done.Keep Reading
Socialization (and Training Dragons)
2020-06-13
Socialization is how organizations train new members to think and act the way they want them to. Keep Reading
Optimization (and Dishwasher Divas)
2020-05-29
Optimization is when you obsess over improving something, sweating every little detail and trying repeatedly to make it perfect.Keep Reading