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If I’m ever stranded in a broken elevator with six strangers, I’d avoid divisive topics: politics, religion, AI, and pizza. Instead, I’d pass the time discussing one man: Homer Simpson. Homer and I go way back. He was there in 1st grade, when my school banned Simpsons from the dress code. He was there in…
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Jim Collins published Good to Great in 2001, the year I graduated high school. I was, predictably, 18; less predictably, I read it. I was not an aspiring MBA at the time; my chosen career was music. However, more than any other book I read that year, Good to Great stuck with me. I was…
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Where’s all the great advice for teams? I read a lot of business books, and I have a big problem with most of them. They seem to think I’m a CEO and I’m not. I actually like that executive leaders have so much smart advice available. Good for them! It’s lonely at the top, but…



