Wearing Out The Carpet – “managing by wandering around”

A lot of management consultants and modern business gurus promise strategies and formulas for success in today’s business. All you … More

Start Failing Now! Five reasons failure and mistakes are important

“I have not failed, I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison By definition, failure is … More

The Importance of Doing Nothing

Stratecution is all about a bias for action and a drive towards doing things (just peek at the sub-head of … More

A Ping-Pong Lesson

I spent a big part of the last two days assembling a ping-pong table we bought for Christmas. This is … More

The Power of “What if?”

I wrote last week about the importance of asking questions – and the fact that often, questions are more important than … More

Let’s Hear It For Scrappiness

Everywhere you look you hear about the great “race for talent”. How the future will be won by who wins … More

There’s No “I” in T-E-A-M: The Secrets To High-Performing Teams.

As we all know, business, especially the ad business, is a team sport. The best soloist in the world can’t … More

The Inevitable Extinction of the A-hole

There was something I learned in college  in Psychology 101 that stuck with me. I read about a study that showed … More

All You Need Is Hate

I normally write about things I love, care about or believe in. Today, I write about things I’m equally passionate … More

I Love a Good Flip-Flopper

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I had a friend at my house. My older brother did … More