When starting something new, most of us tend to research, analyze, plan, and procrastinate. Because we don't want to fail. We don't want to be exposed as imposters. And we don't want to take big risks. But in novel and complex spaces, that strategy doesn't help, it only slows us down without increasing our odds. Instead, we need to start by starting and lear ... Show More
Sep 14
AUA: How To Make the Hard Call and Shut Something Down
Every organization is postponing something painful they don’t want to face. The CEO’s strategy that’s stopped working, the layoffs that have become unavoidable, the promising prototype that’s not delivering results. But even when what has to be done is clear, nobody wants to be t ... Show More
14m 16s
Sep 7
56. Your Strategy is a Work of Fiction
Once a year a small group goes offsite, argues for three days, and comes back with a deck. Goals get written. Functions map their OKRs to the slides. Then the market moves, and everybody spends the next eleven months executing against assumptions that stopped being true in Februa ... Show More
55m 13s
Aug 31
AUA: How Do Leaders Stop Being The Decision Bottleneck?
It happens gradually: a leader makes one call that should have been decided by one of their reports, then another, until the whole team has quietly stopped deciding anything without “checking in” first. By the time the bottleneck is discovered, it feels like just how things are n ... Show More
8m 19s
Nov 2022
How to Think Bigger (feat. Mattress Mack and Asymmetric Upside)
<p>Most entrepreneurs spend the majority of their time doing things that, even if they work, won't make a meaningful difference. Our default state is reactive, iterative work. To be a successful founder, you need to do things with the potential for asymmetric upside. Today, we ta ... Show More
21m 1s
Dec 2019
Struggling To Start? Listen To This
So many of us have a business idea, a passion, a dream… But can’t access the means or the courage to take action and start our own thing. The good news is you can actually flip a switch to turn the things that are holding you back, into the very reason you’re able to start!! Thre ... Show More
19m 52s
Jul 2023
Best of IdeaCast: Escape Your Comfort Zone
We know that trying new things, taking risks, and even failing are vital to most success stories. But getting out of areas where you’re comfortable and breaking through to the next level is easier said than done. Andy Molinsky, professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis Int ... Show More
23m 9s
Mar 2020
Brave New Work 17. What We Can Learn About Org Design from the Coronavirus
Facing a pandemic, many of the world's institutions are finally giving remote work, agility, responsiveness, and basic human decency some deep consideration. Meanwhile, it's becoming clear that organizations who have already been prioritizing adaptivity and humanity at work are s ... Show More
36m 16s