companies

“Companies should forget about mission statements. They should have a mission question. And the mission question should begin with how might we And whatever it is they're trying to do in their field that they haven't gotten to yet, the really big thing, the rea…”

“And it's probably the reason that organizations, companies tend to die instead of evolve. Like most companies die and they die relatively early in their potential lifespan. And I think we do that because change is demanding and unsettling and destabilizing and…”

“I actually think companies more often than not tend to be over data driven because it's the easiest way to kill the conversation is to say, let's just A-B AB test both options. And that gets them stuck in a local maximum.”

“The reason most companies don't unleash the potential of their employees, the potential of their management, the potential of their leaders is not because people don't have the right skills or they don't have the right they don't have the right knowledge. It's…”

“And I feel like it benefits advertisers and certain companies to get people second guessing all their choices. So put them back in decision mode. So they buy more stuff.”

“Companies who obsess for revenue per employee naturally retain talent density a lot more by design because they do not kind of regress to mean”

“I think it's not unique, but it's probably single, maybe low double digits of companies have ever attempted it. Most companies are just trying to be, like, build, like, find their market fit, their core competency, and then play a defensive game around this, w…”

“Well, I think it's also to your point, Shane, you know, even when people say equality, it really is mistreating the kid that's better at something. Why do they not get to be challenged? If you really think about it, why do they not get to enjoy school anymore?…”

“You call 10 companies, you learn one thing, you call 20, you learn two, and you know, so it was sort of a numbers game”

“I would say that most companies just don't think about positioning at all. In the vast majority of cases, the companies that I work with, the positioning feels obvious. It feels like you couldn't possibly position it as anything else.”

“The best-run companies develop their own managers from within. They rarely seek outsiders. In fact, it's a sign of weakness when a company goes outside too often for management personnel.”

“Research shows that companies that put brand management or image management over problem solving tend to deteriorate pretty quickly.”