Stop Playing the Refs
We are not nearly as vulnerable as we feel.
Most of what we fear isn’t real; it’s rehearsed by algorithms and adrenaline. We still have agency — just not in the places we’ve been told to look.
Damns Given: Nick Richtsmeier
We've spent a generation obsessing about efficiency only to realize the inefficiencies were load-bearing. For ventures to thrive they are going to have to rediscover the business of trust.
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The Mass Decline of Digital Marketing and What It's Gonna Cost
Podcast Ep. 116: We live in a post-trust, post-authenticity world. Tactics continue to fail. Corrosive cultural forces are reshaping trust, commerce, and identity, scrambling what it even means to “market” something. Now for the good news...
"We weren't built for this" with Alexandra Pasi, PhD
Podcast Ep: 115: What if the reason work—and life—feels so off is because the very mediums we communicate through are bending us into shapes we didn’t choose? AI founder and mathemetician Lexi Pasi asks the big questions.
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Dec 04
Who will they trust? Maybe you.
The future of every industry is defined on the bookends: Boomers who aren't leaving, and Gen-Z/late Millennials who own the culture. All the money is flowing sub-40 to a group of people with such Rizz that they don't trust the internet, brands, or the media.
Who will they trust? Maybe you.
6 min read
Dec 04
Overpoached eggs: The hidden risks in the RIA model today
For the last ten years, every RIA has been bemoaning the need for “differentiation,” revealing a stark misunderstanding of what the real issues are. Wealth firms no longer understand what they are selling to the marketplace that has dramatically changed since the Boomers called them into existence.
6 min read
Dec 03
Formula for a failed leadership transition
Leadership transitions are one of the most dramatic that any organization undertakes, and they fail up to 70% of the time. Successors make one of three critical entry errors. A cultural crisis is on the horizon if these three are in play.
6 min read
Nov 27
The next great competitive advantage
The turn-of-the-millennium competitive advantages are waning. The Venture Capital bubble in Silicon Valley is resetting our view of where to find value. The gas that ran the Digital Revolution is on empty. Businesses need to define what happens next.
7 min read
Nov 15
How do you know if you're a "trust venture?"
All organizations depend on trust, but some, the kind that often work with us, demand it for their survival. Trust ventures have a unique set of characteristics and require a specific type of growth strategy.
7 min read
Nov 13
Five things CEOs do to undermine marketing
CEOs and their peers in the C-suite want marketing to do more and do better. Likewise, marketers want to see their work valued and work within their zone of strength. But all too often the Clash between executive culture and marketing culture enflames tension and frustration, dampening results.
5 min read
Nov 01
Introducing Capital Idea
It’s hard to look at the wealth space and scream “Crisis!” Margins remain high, consolidation is still producing big payouts, and there are more new entrants to the field each year. But these are all lagging indicators of a category’s health. Leading indicators offer a different story.
4 min read
Sep 05
Outgrowing your ability to grow
Nothing undermines growth like growth. Businesses hit moments in your life cycle where what worked before starts to calcify and sets you on a downward trend. They are unavoidable but solvable problems. Here's how.
6 min read
May 10
What if social media has outlived its usefulness?
Social media is arguably the most influential content delivery system known in human history. It has vexed us, inspired us, connected us, and polarized us. But now something new emerges from the zeitgeist:
Can you grow a business without using it at all?
5 min read