Sticking with values, I want to expand on an element of Aristotle's golden mean from my last article. I call it productive tension. Look …
Values
How Aristotle and Buddhism can help define your core values.
Too many conversations about values start by asking are they right or wrong. But for most organisations “How do we use them?” is a more …
The lost valley of unheroic work
Organisations are made of unheroic work — those thousands of everyday actions and decisions that keep your particular engine turning. Hidden …
Avoid statement creep and focus on what matters most
You know the page. There might even be one in your organisation. At the top is purpose, and from there, the cascade continues …
How to make the most of your values.
Values are not there as a billboard for your goodness. Frankly, I don’t care what someone who doesn’t work for me, with me and buy from me …
There is no there for values and culture
The team of five peered out from their respective Zoom screens. It wasn't the ideal way to do the work we were about to begin, but after …
Five signs your company values might be bullshit
The combination of hubris and aspiration, liberally sprinkled with puffery make many value sets mosh pits of self-delusion. So there’s …
If your values don’t push back, they’re probably principles
During what passes for idle chatter during coffee and networking at a recent event, the throw-away comment, “I think values are a load of …
The desire to fiddle and other enemies of a brand result
What are the enemies of the brand result? The desire to fiddle, resistance, and the doldrums. The first one – the desire to fiddle – …