The Temptation of Addition Bias Issue 211, May 8, 2025 We are addressing a common strategy that many organizations use to solve an immediate problem. Addition bias is something we’re pretty sure you have encountered as a problem-solving strategy when…
The Power Principle: Why Influential Leaders Outperform Forceful Ones Issue 207, April 10, 2025 We are intrigued by the uneasy balance between power and force – a debate that has recently become a focus of the American dialogue. This cultural…
The Courage to Change Your Mind: Lessons from a Nobel Laureate’s Final Decision Issue 205, March 27, 2025 Think about making decisions. We make countless decisions daily, both major and trivial. We make them consciously, subconsciously, and more concerning, unconsciously…
Decision-Making: The Revolving Door of Organizational Centralization and Decentralization Issue 202, March 6, 2025 We have been keen observers of an organizational cyclical pattern to solve problems that we call the revolving door of centralization and decentralization. Organizations across many…
Mastering the Art of Decision-Making in Uncertain Times: Part Two: A Practical Guide Issue 197, January 30, 2025 Last week we explored how to understand how we make decisions in uncertain times. We said that uncertainty has become a certainty,…
Managing Ethical Dilemmas: A Human-Centric Approach to AI Adoption Issue 194, January 9, 2025 It has become clear that the acceleration of AI applications has the potential to upend life as we have known it. It is impossible to deny…
AI Mindshifts: The Death of Brands Issue 192, December 26, 2024 Let’s take a moment over the holidays to fantasize about the future. It’s a future that is all about you – that is to say, your favorite future. We…
Is Critical Thinking at Risk of Extinction? Issue 191, December 19, 2024 We are tackling a topic that is a recurring theme in everything we write, including our book, The Truth About Transformation. Critical thinking is becoming an endangered skill…
Risk Management: Are You a Responder or Solver? Issue 177, September 12, 2024 We were recently invited to sit in on a cybersecurity simulation at a cybertech conference. The simulation was staged as an interactive exercise between the experts and…
Does Substance Always Matter? Issue 175, August 29, 2024 Style over substance. This is a matter of debate that keeps social commentators relevant – at least in their own eyes. And it’s the eyes, the optics, that seem to be…