Our Thinking.

Ask, Learn, Lead, Repeat — How to Shine.

Adam Kanowitz & Logan Rafferty

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Leadership Stories — How to lead with memorable messaging.

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Change stories — How to lead change: master message discipline

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In the beginning — How to start strong: hook 'em with the first line.

7 min read

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Get s*** done — How to prioritize outcomes over tasks

6 min read

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Go Faster — How to apply F1 racing principles to boost your team's speed

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Unpacking Trust — How to build trust with 6 powerful principles

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Product Leadership — How to build successful products with a product mindset

6 min read

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Turn slides into decision tools— How to create clear data stories

Brandon Chin

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Product Storytelling — How to craft powerful product stories with these 6 rules

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Running OKR’s — How to create a growth mindset in your team

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Testing OKR’s — How to know if your OKR’s are working with 6 simple tests

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Beginning OKR’s — How to set and use OKR’s for your team

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You first — How to have a 20/80 Conversation

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AI Secrets — How to write better prompts.

6 min read

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Master the one-pager — How to design a one-pager in 5 steps

Brandon Chin

7 min read

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Nuances of AI — How to Simplify the Complex Concepts of AI

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AI 101 — How to Begin Using AI

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Impactful Tales — How to Master Storytelling in 3 Words

8 min read

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Trust & Connection — How to Foster Trust to Build Connection

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Unraveling Trust — How to Cultivate Trust in Every Relationship

8 min read

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Brandon’s Belief — How to Define Your Belief System and Develop Strategic Thinking

7 min read

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The half-yearly round-up.

5 min read

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Bite-Sized Brilliance — How to Use Stories to Fuel Innovation

7 min read

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Seven stories — How to lead your business through change.

11 min read

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Agenda Agility — How to Move from Topic-Heavy to Outcome-Driven

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A new hope — for your communication.

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Word Hacking — How to Spice Up Your Speech

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Simply Talking — How to regain connection.

Jess Gozur

6 min read

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Battling Bureaucracy — How to stay nimble, by doing less.

9 min read

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Concrete Language — How to cement simplicity with concrete language.

8 min read

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Strategic Narrative — How to articulate the need for change.

8 min read

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Switch Hitter — How to hit leadership curveballs.

4 min read

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Motive Triangle — How to achieve action with hope, fear, and reason

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Message Discipline — How to get your point across.

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Leadership Conversation — How to make bold change, one conversation at a time.

Rose Fass

6 min read

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Women's History Month, Leadership conversation, Think differently, Civil conversation, Creating change

Extinguish Burnout — How to identify and address work-related burnout.

Dr. Carolyn Frost

9 min read

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Women's History Month, Work-related burnout, Team burnout, Mindful leadership, Shared purpose

Finding Purpose — How to uncover your Ikigai.

Sheri Reynard

7 min read

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Women's History Month

Data Story — How to build standout stories with data.

6 min read

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Storytelling Superpower — How to connect strategies and create value.

11 min read

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Descriptive Words — How to bring ideas to life.

7 min read

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Audience Hook — How to grab attention.

6 min read

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Good Communication — How to use story to solve the attention problem.

4 min read

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Feedback Loop — How to give effective feedback.

8 min read

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Leadership Conversations — How to avoid digital chocolate conversations.

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Chocolate Conversation — How to avoid misdirected messages making business meltdowns.

Rose Fass

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Women's History Month

2022 Thinking: Our Yearly Round-Up of Our Favorite How-to's.

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Size Matters — How to make your words tip the scale.

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I’m New — How to build your network quickly.

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Three Conversations — How to avoid career limiting mistakes.

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Holiday Speech — How to surprise and delight your audience.

4 min read

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Worth Repeating — How to hammer home your point.

6 min read

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Critical Results — How to prioritize the critical work that stirs progress.

6 min read

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Expansive Pooh — How (and why) to emulate a bear of very little brain. Part 3.

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Executing Strategy — How to get your strategy understood and actioned.

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Frame. Action — How to cut through the noise and be heard.

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Meetings! Meetings! — How to escape the tyranny of useless meetings.

6 min read

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Back Office — How to think about ‘return-to-work.’

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Negative Space — How to think critically in an uncertain world.

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“I Quit.” — How to slow down regrettable attrition.

6 min

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Complex Y — How to use simplicity as a superpower.

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Work is... — How to turn hybrid work to just work.

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Well Met — How to make meetings work.

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Reworking Work — How to unlock the potential in hybrid work.

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Leadership Lessons — How Zelenskyy is demonstrating expansive leadership, Part 2

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Toxic Spill — How to rethink, not rebrand, the Great Resignation.

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Message Sent — How to work on your signaling.

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Leadership Lessons — How Zelenskyy is demonstrating expansive leadership, Part 1

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All Change — How to rethink how we lead through change.

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Persuading Pooh — How (and why) to emulate a bear of very little brain. Part 2.

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Understanding Pooh — How (and why) to emulate a bear of very little brain. Part 1.

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Social Deficit — How to rebuild social capital on your team.

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Talent Suck — How to buck the talent black hole.

4 min read

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New World — How to manage work without the workplace.

6 min read

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Remote Learning — a how to guide for business Infographic.

Eugene Yoon

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Women's History Month

Touch Task — How do I lead people?

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Verbal Blunders — How to get rid of the ‘umm’ word.

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Great Reset — How to turn a crisis into an opportunity.

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Judgment Day II — How to manage performance.

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Judgment Day — How to manage performance.

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Blade Runner — How an old movie can inspire new business goals.

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Stocking Inspiration — How to write Holiday Speeches that make everyone’s nice list.

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IQ tests can’t measure it, but ‘cognitive flexibility’ is key to learning and creativity

Creative Commons

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Verbal Seasoning — How to remove the ‘boring’ from your presentation.

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Presenter Types — How can “Coaches” stick to their structure?

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Presenter Types — How can “Storytellers” put themselves and their audience on the same map?

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Presenter Types — How can “Producers” cut clear of the clutter?

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Presenter Types — How can “Inventors” overcome words being a worry?

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Presenter Types — How can “Counselors” put their audience in the picture?

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Presenter Types — How can “Teachers” connect with their audience?

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Authentic Storytelling — How to present at your very best.

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Kirk’s Razor — How to drive innovation with product stories.

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Revolutionary Words — How rhymes can make your messages stick.

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Product Storytelling — How stories help your product grow.

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Trust Fund — How to get any audience to trust your story.

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Leadership Storytelling — A conversation with Ronan Dunne.

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Public Square — How to bring back civil discourse.

Rose Fass

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Cultivating Curiosity — How to shape a learning culture.

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Remote Control — How to engage introverts in a hybrid world.