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In The Wall Street Journal, Frank Rose's review of "The Geek Way" is the kind of review an author dreams of because:

1) He

Attention NoCal geeks:

Next Thursday evening (Dec. 14) I'm talking with Silicon Valley pioneer Carl Bass
about my new book "The Geek Way" at

Well, this is nice

Shameless self-promotion alert:

"The Geek Way" was named one of the best books of the year by TheEconomist Newspaper Limited


I think I'm supposed

Great fun to talk about my new book "The Geek Way" with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Radio

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Zero snark here: I love understated compliments

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Jacob Morgan distills our conversation down to the essential question "Are you a geek?"

(although I look here more like I'm asking "You talkin'

As I explain here on "Stacking Benjamins, geek leaders like Brian Halligan aren't obsessed with being right. They're instead obsessed with building orgs

My interview with the incomparable Russ Roberts of EconTalk is up. Russ ranges widely and goes deep; it's always a pleasure to talk

Why do we humans have this odd kind of status called "prestige?" Because it tells us who to learn from. I explain this

This post: how Microsoft became "something bloated and bureaucracy-laden, with an internal culture that unintentionally rewards managers who strangle innovative ideas"

Next one: how

All social vertebrates have dominance hierarchies (i.e. pecking orders). But we humans have another way to the top; in addition to dominance, we

In my latest for the 'stack I continue trashing the dominant business leadership philosophy of the late 20th c. (Take control! Stay positive!

This picture of an orangutan fishing is only tenuously related to the contents of my latest blog, but I couldn't resist including it.

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What happens when a company relentlessly focuses on WINNING? It encourages dominance games, which are a losing strategy. My latest:

If you're interested in putting Generative AI to work, you don't want to miss the Workhelix launch webinar on this very topic, featuring

This post explains the management philosophy that got Microsoft so jammed up in the 1st decade of the 21st century.

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Is vulnerability at work kryptonite for cooperation, or a catalyst for innovation and agility? In my latest post I start to explain why

Why have so many GE alums been struggling as CEOs lately? As I explain in my latest post, a big reason is that

My tour of duty as the inaugural visiting fellow in Google's Technology and Society group recently ended, and I'd like to do a