Corporate Combined Arms: Putting the Competition in a Dilemma How do we crush the competition while continuously growing the team and getting better at what we do? For almost two and a half centuries, the United States Marine Corps has relentlessly perfected effective approaches to defeating our nation’s enemies in …
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A while back, I interviewed renowned guitarist Billy McLaughlin for a TV show. A solo performer, Billy used both hands to “hammer” the neck of the guitar without strumming. It was mesmerizing to see live. But as his career progressed, two fingers on his dominant right hand began to curl …
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Technology has changed our capacity for just about everything, but the deeper truth is that our culture is changing as well—including our behaviors and expectations as leaders and our purpose in work. Those who have figured out how to channel all this energy and appetite have access to a “new …
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Studies consistently report that about three-quarters of change effort fail. They either fail to deliver the expected benefits, or they are abandoned entirely. In a highly matrixed, complex organization, these transformations are challenging. Execution is critical, but it’s more than that. It’s often about which changes to pursue—specifically, taking the …
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In 2004, the Joint Special Operations Task Force—a collection of the best special operations units in the world—found itself consistently outmaneuvered by Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Despite a 40-year track record of amazing achievements, superior training and funding, the Task Force could not compete against a scattered, local insurgency. …
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