Body of Work: Articles

SHRM: Taking Teams From Good to Great

SHRM: Taking Teams From Good to Great

In business, team players go unrecognized much of the time, yet they are the secret weapon that makes the difference between great players and great teams. You can often identify them by the questions they ask, instead of the questions they answer. They are constantly...

TLNT: The Risks of Getting Risk Management Wrong

TLNT: The Risks of Getting Risk Management Wrong

Nearly all business risks can be sorted into one of four categories: financial, operational, external, and strategic. Typically, senior managers are tasked with looking out for financial, external, and strategic risks — with good reason. Over a 20-year period, these...

Silicon Valley Investors Club: Future Proofing Your Investment

Silicon Valley Investors Club: Future Proofing Your Investment

Leaders often assume that rules of competition will stay the same, even though they know the future is a volatile place. This is true of mature companies with rigid approaches to planning, but it’s also true of nimble startups.

At the end of the day, nothing is more valuable than survival. If you invest in innovative companies, and you want to see outsized performance, you should consider whether that innovation creates resilience for you, your investment and its customers. In this guide, I’ll show you how to identify innovations that will extract value, no matter what the future brings.

Forbes: Five Steps To See Your Business Future

Forbes: Five Steps To See Your Business Future

Leaders must project confidence. Their teams look to them for vision and stability, especially in volatile times like these. But confidence without a thorough understanding of what’s to come has another name: hubris. You don’t want to have the confidence of the...

Forbes: The Innovation Window Is Closing

Forbes: The Innovation Window Is Closing

The global economy has consistently expanded over the last 250 years, driven primarily by two things: population growth, and relentless creativity. This innovation has touched every area of human productivity, first in agriculture, energy, and manufacturing, and more...