Courage

You only have to be courageous for twenty seconds.

Stop. Notice. Decide to do something.

How will you engage, move towards or away from the question and the people?

The courageous act is to decide and do something.

To do nothing is a decision but I don’t think it is an act of courage.

“You can’t be neutral on a moving train” – Noam Chomsky

Tyranny of Success

How do the best get better?  One step in the journey is to asses your organization’s strengths and invite a brutally honest assessment of how those strengths could hold you back.  My colleague Mike Tushman at HBS provides great examples in The “Tyranny of Success” Poll.