#420 – February 16, 2026 Advantage Begins with Positioning Hello, fellow strategists! In a noisy environment, advantage rarely comes from doing more. It comes from sharper positioning, clearer focus, and better leverage. In this edition, we explore four questions every strategy must answer; the risks of adding content instead of reframing it; the distortions created […]
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#418 – January 5, 2026 Navigating in an Age of Acceleration Hello, fellow strategists! 2026 is already asking more of us — faster decisions, clearer priorities, and better judgment about what truly matters. In this edition, we explore what to hold onto, what to change, and what to let go as we navigate an age
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#405 – April 20, 2025 [6 Minute Read] Remembering Pandemic-Era Lessons Hello, fellow strategists! While being buffeted by tariffs, trade wars, political uncertainty and AI, you may have a sense you’ve seen this type of upheaval before — during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here we recap those lessons, look at AI prompt engineering, the IKEA effect,
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#403 – March 16, 2025 [6 Minute Read] Blind Spots and Decision-Making Pitfalls In periods of change and chaos, it’s a good time to reflect on our blind spots and decision-making pitfalls. Here are some insights, frameworks and check-ins to help you achieve greater success with your strategies. Quick Takes: Common Causes of Bad Decisions:
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[READING TIME: 8 MINUTES] In this 8020Info Water Cooler, we look into the mindset of a changemaker, pitfalls of binary choices, qualities of a wise leader, the life cycle of an organization, and improving presentations. We’re also celebrating a milestone — Edition #400. Enjoy! 1. The Keys to a Changemaker Mindset Change consultant Greg Satell
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[READING TIME: 8 MINUTES] In this 8020Info Water Cooler, we consider how to know when it’s time to let someone go, pivot with strategic course corrections, start change slowly so you finish strong, effectively welcome new hires, and intentionally cultivate 12 key skills in a framework to develop your organization. Enjoy! 1. Deciding When It’s
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler, our first of the new year, we look at the flow of change, sources of surprise, tips for new leaders, writing better, mentorship, and assessing whether what you have to offer is different, better and special. We’re also reading about trust and shortening attention spans. Enjoy!
Change Can Come From Anywhere
Tips for Lasting First Impressions as a Leader
Write Fast, Redraft and Read It Out — Often
Five Mentoring Traps to Avoid
10 Questions on Being Different
Focus on Just the Next Step
Preparing for Surprises in 2024
Reading: How Trust Works
Reading: Stolen Focus (Why You Can’t Pay Attention)
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at helping others to achieve their potential, some enduring and recycled management tools, tips on delivering negative feedback, goofing off, principles of continual improvement (Kaizen), and crisis communications. Enjoy!
When an Employee Doesn’t Meet Potential
Management Tools: Recycled and Enduring
How Best to Deliver Negative Feedback
Make Room for Skylarking
The List: 10 Principles of Kaizen
Seven Assessments for Communications in a Conflict
Reading: The Manager’s Handbook
Reading: How to Change
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at ways to develop leaders, team communications, asking questions during change projects, funding frameworks, safety for workplace productivity and pitfalls for strategy implementation. Enjoy!
Leadership Development that Works
How Great Teams Communicate
Initiate Change through Questions
A Practical Step to Improve Workplace Safety
The List: 10 Funding Models
Barriers to Strategy Implementation
Reading: The Anxious Achiever
Reading: Mastery
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at discovering fresh ideas for strategy-making, interviewing for values, getting to the point, trimming presentations, using storytelling to develop shared meaning in your organization, and 10 things to remember about people. Enjoy!
Discover Fresh Ideas for Your Strategy
Crafting an Interview Question on Values
Do Your Presentations Make Eyes Glaze Over?
The Importance of Sharing the Narrative
The List: 10 Things to Remember About People
Getting Straight to the Point
Reading: Intentional Leadership
Reading: Magic Words
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