The Soul of Startups

At the heart of most conflict, at least the ones that leave us with an unsettled feeling afterwards, there is something with an emotional…

Sadness.

This week, one CEO downsized the team and wants to re-energize and reset the group that’s left, another CEO is bringing a new person to the…

It’s a surprise to no one that startups deal with a high degree of uncertainty. What is less intuitive is how to break uncertainty apart in…

I believe in a big day one. I call it Radical Welcoming and it’s something I’ve thought a lot about along with my colleagues Natty Zola and…

Retrospectives or “retros” are commonplace on agile teams. You can hold a retro to look back on an important day, an event, a week, a…

Now that we are returning to working in-person, companies have restarted meeting for regular offsites. I’m grateful that we are able to…

Founders start companies for many reasons. It’s usually a mix of motivations, some motivations are in their awareness, others are not. Some…

One tool I’ve taught many founders in order to help them run better meetings and make decisions as a team more smoothly is what I refer to…