Thousands of flights were being cancelled. Airports were tense, travellers wary, and the stakes felt higher than normal. JFK was heaving - lines everywhere, people keen and anxious to get home or to get out. And then, in the middle of all this noise and movement, something remarkable happened.
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Priceless Lessons from a Business Legend Reading Time: 3 mins 20 s Herb Kelleher passed away in January at the age of 89. He was the co-founder and long time CEO of Southwest [...]
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The 4 Essential Things A CEO Cannot Delegate: Patrick Lencioni Interview Download The Full Interview Last month I spent time with Patrick Lencioni. I always get so much value when I spend time [...]
We recently worked with a well-known company in Asia. They have a proud history of innovation and product design. The business is successful, yet the CEO is concerned.
How the Mighty Fall is one of my most treasured business books. It’s a Jim Collins classic. The central idea is that companies (even great ones) can and do fall.
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