The Culture Code: How psychological safety forms the foundation of teamwork.

A job in a growing business doesn’t always feel safe. Bold leaders and entrepreneurs often pride themselves on this. They buy into the ethos of “move fast and break things,” proselytizing the value of innovation, agility, and big ideas over predictability and security. This approach is certainly exciting. And it does produce big results. But […]

The Culture Code: Why effective leadership is about vulnerability.

What does the word “vulnerability” make you think of? I think of an aircraft carrier.  Hear me out. In his book The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle describes vulnerability not as a “touchy-feely” display of insecurities, but as a way of sending and receiving signals. According to Coyle, vulnerability is a channel for open and honest—and […]

An open love letter to small business owners.

Dear small business owner, We know you’re busy, so we’ll make this quick: You deserve a lot of love right now. You’ve dedicated your life to your business, putting in the work, quietly making the world run. Society as we know it would fall apart without you.  We wouldn’t have food. We wouldn’t have places […]