Category: consulting

• How to build a consulting practice

  Give away your best ideas via blog posts, podcasts, talks, books, conversations, etc. When people ask you for help implementing them, charge a lot and only work with clients who inspire you and for whom you can make a big impact. Complement with what I help clients do, the reason most successful people have no…

• To get perspective, cultivate connection

  In my latest column for Harvard Business Review, I explore how isolation can blind us to the bigger picture and what a Renaissance master can teach us about the psychological perils of leadership: https://hbr.org/2018/09/why-seclusion-is-the-enemy-of-creativity Complement with storytelling for startups, do what matters, and why business leaders need to read more science fiction. Get new posts…

• Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

  My first-ever piece for Harvard Business Review explores how science fiction can help us overcome false assumptions. Science fiction reveals how fragile the status quo is, and how malleable the future can be. Science fiction isn’t useful because it’s predictive. It’s useful because it reframes our perspective on the world. This is a topic very close…

• Managing talent in the networked age | Chris Yeh Interview

  The best talent is hard to find and harder to keep. Top performers are snatched up in competitive bids that look like the NFL draft while new grads struggle to kickstart their careers. How can companies attract, manage, and retain the best talent? How can job seekers optimize for the entire arc of their career…

• How to become a successful freelancer | Paul Jarvis Interview

  Ever dreamed of ditching the cubicle to work from home? Trying to build a business as a solo entrepreneur? Turning your passion into a paycheck? Freelancing may be all the rage but not everyone is Boba Fett. Paul Jarvis is a leading freelance designer and bestselling author of The Good Creative. He just launched a…

• Do what matters

  It’s so damn easy to do things that don’t matter. Inboxes grow to Godzilla proportions. Emails ferment into a slush pile of guilt and loose ends. Social media gushes content like a neighborhood full of broken fire hydrants. Happy hours and meetups whiz by like falling leafs in an autumn wind. Oh, and then there’s…

• How to build a corporate culture

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