Ideas, Insights & Concepts

Introduction On Monday, June 12, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois delivered a commencement speech at Northwestern University’s 165th commencement ceremony. Though this speech had all the classic elements of a commencement speech delivered to new graduates, it also contained many insights directly applicable to leadership – especially for anyone […]

The Wrong Way to Set Boundaries I read this article as part of a LinkedIn post and was alarmed at their unrealistic suggestions for setting boundaries and managing burnout: What to Say When Your Schedule Is Too Busy While the suggestions in the article may be helpful when friends ask

The following is our response to a post on LinkedIn on Oct. 10, 2023: There were some great responses to the question, but I have found that the right time to ask this question is much further back in time. At the time of product definition and throughout product development,

Various business consultants provide clients with a business operating system, an entrepreneurial operating system or a sales operating system in order to address client needs. They make analogies related to computers and what happens when you either don’t have an OS or when your OS crashes. We are not here

In today’s business environment corporate problems rarely have a single origin and are more likely to be comprised of many factors that span the entire company. Whether a company tries to solve its most difficult problems internally or seeks external advice, the actual root cause(s) are often misunderstood. The reasons

Traditional business consulting companies are most often brought in by their clients to solve a problem with a limited and well defined scope with a preconceived notion of the problem at hand. Consultants are rarely brought in to first achieve the clarity required to solve the systemic root causes of