Leadership

Comfortable or Great

The quiet tradeoff that determines whether you maintain what is working or pursue what is possible

Mar 30 • Brent Raeth

The Price of Misaligned Priorities

When everything is important, the organization starts working against itself.

Mar 27 • Brent Raeth

When Decisions Take Too Long

The hidden cost of hesitation inside your organization.

Mar 26 • Brent Raeth

The Cost of Unclear Decisions

When leaders think a decision has been made, but the organization is still interpreting it.

Mar 25 • Brent Raeth

Do you like owning your own business?

A Question That Stuck With Me

Mar 22 • Brent Raeth

Responsibility Cannot Be Automated

A few weeks ago I observed someone demonstrate how quickly artificial intelligence could produce a finished report.

Mar 21 • Brent Raeth

Speed Is Not the Same as Progress

Not long ago, a teammate at CatchMark walked into my office to show me a new internal process he had built using automation and AI tools.

Mar 20 • Brent Raeth

Tech Teams vs Business Leaders

A few years ago, I sat in a leadership meeting where the executive team was discussing a major technology investment.

Mar 19 • Brent Raeth

Automation Will Reward the Competent and Expose the Lazy

A few years ago, a manufacturing company we provide technology support for installed a new automated production system.

Mar 18 • Brent Raeth

Tools Do Not Create Capability

Not long ago I watched a contractor unload a truck full of expensive equipment at a job site.

Mar 17 • Brent Raeth

Transformation Without Culture Change Is Theater

A few years ago I sat in a boardroom listening to a customer leadership team present their “digital transformation” initiative.

Mar 16 • Brent Raeth

Why Curiosity Matters More in the AI Era

Not long ago, I was talking with someone about how they had been using AI tools in their work.

Mar 15 • Brent Raeth

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