Even Steve Jobs, one of the most notable mavericks of our time, knew he couldn’t do it alone. “Great things in business are never done by...
Thirty years ago, there was a very obvious cue as to when the workday was done. For many knowledge workers, you were expected to be in...
There’s an infamous dilemma that all marketplace founders face: Should they start with supply or demand? Uber faced this question in 2008. Initially, Uber’s founders designed...
Business partnerships — like all partnerships — are a two-way street. I have been working in PR for a long time. And one of the things I have...
Full-time work has always had one big advantage: safety. The reason your parents, and your parents’ parents spent so much of their lives putting in long...
Imagine you’re responsible for an enormous cruise ship. What would your role be? I often ask this question when I first meet a new leader. What’s...
There are two types of candidates: experienced and trajectory. Experienced hires have lived through the wringer. They’ve solved major problems for other companies and they have...
In Sapiens, Yuval Harari discusses how the most influential members of society tend to be polymaths. They may do really well in one area, but their expertise...
Not all terminations need to happen. For the ones that do, preserving dignity is key. I turned into a robot the first time I fired someone....
My parents come from Sri Lanka, and I was born in the UK. We were one of those families that moved every two or three years....