Is a sense of freedom a prerequisite to innovation?

Every two weeks one of the largest publicly traded companies drops off due to failures in adjusting to the blistering pace of change in the post-modern marketplace. Today’s rapidly changing reality has decreased companies’ average lifespan…

The Happiness Myth

In my first article, I talked about simplicity beyond complexity and made the claim that we will only be able to evolve if we…

The Price of Being in Charge (of ourselves)

Increasing automation and digitization will drastically alter the nature of our jobs.

Because algorithms can’t replace the qualities that make us uniquely human — empathy, creativity, reflectiveness — the future of work will…

Accountability and the price of Freedom

I was delivering a session six weeks ago to a group of senior leaders of a Fortune 500 company. We were talking about emotions at work and…

Redefining Leadership

What kind of leader are you — autocratic, charismatic, transformational?