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GTD Was Right About the Mind. It Was Built for 2001.

October 10, 2026

AI, Productivity

David Allen's GTD still works. But most of its rules were about paper, and the AI version of the system fails in a new way.

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You Don’t Have an AI Strategy Problem. You Have a Game Design Problem.

May 11, 2026

AI, Culture

Microsoft just spent millions proving the bottleneck is culture. Here's what to do about it.

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The Culture of Games with JC Calciano

August 29, 2025

Culture, Games

A conversation about games, culture, and Casting Call the Game.

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Don't be on time… Be early

January 18, 2024

Culture, Hacks

Time is the one reality everyone in a culture can agree on — and the highest performers treat it that way.

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How to Control Culture

October 5, 2023

Culture

You can't actually control people — so what can you control?

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The Opt-in Framework (How buy-in really works)

April 28, 2023

Buy-in, Change

Trying to "get" buy-in is the soft equivalent of manipulation. Invitations are more powerful.

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The New C-Level Position

June 1, 2020

Leadership

When we lose the office, the glue holding a company together is communication itself.

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How to Stay Relevant

May 19, 2020

Communication

The NOW is getting shorter. Five tips for being relevant in a real-time world.

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Was it Boeing's technology that failed, or the culture?

April 25, 2019

Culture, Values

Robots don't make planes (yet). People do.

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Don’t outsource your culture to HR

January 16, 2019

Leadership

The best leaders realize that they ARE the chief culture officers.

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It's not the software

July 20, 2018

Culture, Technology

Along come all the people who think software can run the show. Guess again.

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The Fastest Way to Change Beliefs

April 10, 2016

Change, Experience

You can't tell people what to think. Beliefs are shaped by experiences.

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Culture must be experienced.

August 3, 2015

Culture, Experience

There's a certain irony to giving speeches and writing books as a "culture expert."

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Everything you know about change management is wrong.

March 18, 2015

Change

Kotter's 8 steps are brilliantly conceived. That doesn't mean they'll work for you.

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3 Steps to a Culture Change

October 6, 2014

Culture, Change

The three key questions behind any culture change.

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Accountability is a Skill, not a Value

June 14, 2013

Values

No one seeks accountability. We all want freedom. That's why it's a muscle, not a value.

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