To be labelled as tribal these days is frequently considered a bad thing. Tribalism has negative connotations. At a minimum, it’s associated with driving a gap between “us and them” and often suggests some form of sense of superiority. At its worst,...
With purpose being all the rage these days, it’s normal to start hearing about wild and crazy purposes being bandied about. On one end of the scale, you’ve got grand missions like: “To stop Ocean Plastic by gathering a billion people together to monetize...
After a spate of emails from a fairly large portal site (it’s ranked around 50,000th on Alexa worldwide), I was appalled at the number of marketing sins they have committed. Either this organization is doing so intentionally, which is borderline unethical, or...
The subject of purpose in business has become almost commonplace in discussions these days. I certainly have seen a lot of conversations online and, more recently, rooms on Clubhouse centered on the notion of developing purpose. The intentions are inevitably pleasant...
If So, How Much of You Should You Bring? How comfortable do you feel about the concept of transparency? I know there are times I struggle with trying to find the right level of transparency in certain situations. You know the expression TMI*, right? In my new book, I...
Just because you can… should you? In countries around the world grappling with the pandemic, executives are being faced with a large number of difficult decisions. We’ve already seen many companies announce layoffs or, worse, having to shut their doors. For the...