Org Design

Org Design

Org Design is how we allocate authority, responsibility, and accountability. It is the system of agreements between roles and departments that define venture's outcomes.
May 09
A body of resistance, changing winds, and Justin Timberlake is here

A body of resistance, changing winds, and Justin Timberlake is here

I'm sensing a rising readiness to get back to growth, in the historic ways that people build, collaborate, and buy, an escape from click-chasing, clout-chasing, scale-chasing, and all that goes in its wake. The good news, the phenomenal news, is there is a way forward
7 min read
Apr 14
The Casino Nobody Warned You About: The latest AI chaos and fear-selling is back in vogue

The Casino Nobody Warned You About: The latest AI chaos and fear-selling is back in vogue

A sh*tstorm of news from the AI front has settled in, raising the stakes on the fate of the universe, curing cancer, CEO avatars, and AI models so fearsome they dare not be mentioned. What's a CEO to do?
5 min read
Mar 31
How you think about AI has a lot to do with how you think about chaos

How you think about AI has a lot to do with how you think about chaos

The long list of things outside your control feels like it keeps getting longer. The question is, how do you keep that chaos outside, so you can make strategic, trust-made, growth decisions on the inside? Surprisingly, this has everything to do with how you think about AI.
8 min read
Nov 03
Stop Playing the Refs

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.
4 min read
Sep 05
Outgrowing your ability to grow

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