Bureaucracy alone isn’t the enemy of innovation—a lack of psychological safety is. Organizations that balance structured processes with an open, trusting culture are the ones that unlock true creativity and agility. By reducing unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles and fostering an environment where employees feel safe to innovate, companies can turn their bureaucratic systems from roadblocks into launchpads for transformation. 5 tips towards an innovative culture.

Setting healthy boundaries leads to better outcomes. Boundaries are required for you to be sustainably generous and a great leader. Great news is you control your ability to create boundaries. #boundaries #mentoring #leading #successful #generosity

2022 was a year to practice being courageous. Here is what I learned from that pursuit. #lifeprinciples #communicating #relationships #learning #leadership

Great people, teams, and businesses are great because of the things they achieve. They achieve greatness by always growing, always moving forward, and always pushing past mediocrity. Replacing comfort and contentment with healthy amounts of discomfort and stress. This requires team members to speak boldly, candidly but always with positive intentions.

Change is hard but a requirement for long term sustainable success. It goes against human nature and business nature so you must be willing to be persistent in a respectful way as you challenge the status quo knowing what got you to here won’t get you to there.

Its important to freely share information because The concepts that information is still held firmly under lock and key and that the flow of information is something to be closely controlled are radically and irresponsibly flawed ideas. In a world full of information that is free and easy to come by, context has replaced content as the key driver of value in information. We must stop living like ostriches with our heads in the sand, shocked that people know “secrets” and instead share information and context freely. It is for the greater good to do so. Allow others the professional courtesy of being treated like an adult who can be trusted and allow others to trust you.

The world has evolved into a real-world Wanka Factory (think of Willie Wonka and his chocolate factory with the room made of edible goodies where Gene Wilder encouraged us to live in a world of pure imagination).

Last week I shared how the not being a jerk principle is about healthy conflict not about avoiding being a jerk. I have been reading bestselling author and Wharton professor of organization psychology Adam Grant’s book Think Again and just got to a chapter where he draws the same conclusion. So you don’t have to take my word for it.

This guiding principle is less about avoiding being a jerk and more about creating a culture of candor and inclusivity recognizing that as we explore candor and diversity of thought sometimes you will be a jerk and the best thing to do when that happens is apologize.