by Todd | Dec 14, 2025 | Transformation Team Building
You have Pattern Readers in your organization right now. They’re the people who warned you about problems six months before those problems became crises. You probably ignored them because their concerns seemed premature. Now you’re wondering how to find...
by Todd | Dec 13, 2025 | HR, Transformation Team Building
BCG research shows only 30% of transformation efforts succeed, and one pattern explains most of the failures: leadership teams that aligned quickly around “realistic” goals — which is just a polished way of saying goals everyone could live with. Productive...
by Todd | Dec 13, 2025 | Transformation Team Building
Most executives believe encouraging devil’s advocacy in meetings provides sufficient challenge to their transformation. It doesn’t. A devil’s advocate is a rental car — used for a specific trip, returned when the meeting ends. A Provocateur is a...
by Todd | Dec 13, 2025 | Innovation
Disney just demolished four orthodoxies that the entertainment industry treated as immutable law for a century — in a single announcement. IP must be zealously protected from consumers. Content requires professional gatekeepers. If you can’t beat AI, sue it....
by Todd | Dec 12, 2025 | Transformation Team Building
McKinsey research confirms that leadership capability is the single determining factor in transformation success — but not leadership as traditionally defined. The seven fatal mistakes that kill 70% of transformation initiatives all share the same root cause:...
