Controlling the Counterculture A tense, high-stakes corporate environment with dramatic, high-contrast lighting. Alex, now dressed in a sharp but restrictive dark suit (no mask), stands on an elevated polished platform, leaning over a sleek, imposing dark marble desk. He is reaching down, handing a large, ornate, glowing golden key to Alexis, who is standing on the working floor below him. Alexis, dressed in functional business attire, accepts the key but is looking up at Ale

The golden cage, the glowing screen, and the stone tablet... symbols of management being revealed in The Weary Manager series, persist in a highly tactile scene of impact. The series we've just started, like this image, is as complex as it is controversial. It presents new information that will challenge old assumptions about management and leadership. The Armillary Sphere (the System of Profound Knowledge/SoPK navigator) is at the central point for our new way of working, bu

In our research for Take Your Lead, we lean heavily on the work of Dr. J. Clayton Lafferty from Human Synergistics, specifically his seminal presentation, The Roots of Excellence. One of the primary "Roots" Lafferty identified in high-performing leaders is a deep Belief in Cause and Effect. The Antithesis: Management by Magic Too many leaders operate under the belief system of the ancient Greeks: Luck, Fate, Chance, and Magic. If the quarter goes well? "We’re geniuses." (Misa