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To continue my apple worshiping trend this week, here’s a great blurb, “The Top 10 Lessons Steve Jobs Can Teach Us”.  A friend/colleague sent this to me after a deep conversation we had discussing the meaning of it all… and so maybe because I was in that mode already, a few of the Steve Jobs-isms really resonated.  Maybe only 6-7 of these are worth top 10 status, but it is worth a read.

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Thought Ensemble’s Purpose — Inspired in 2020

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I recently wrote about how company purpose is being tested and inspired by all the events of 2020. This topic is very real for us at Thought Ensemble. We’ve been thinking a lot about what really matters as we’ve navigated the challenges of this year. While we’ve had...

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How 2020 Is Testing and Inspiring Corporate Purpose

How 2020 Is Testing and Inspiring Corporate Purpose

In August 2019, the Business Roundtable rewrote their statement of corporate purpose. I followed this with significant interest being that I have never forgotten the debates about corporate purpose in business school almost two decades ago. We were taught that the...

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Why Purpose-Driven Organizations May Struggle With Change

Why Purpose-Driven Organizations May Struggle With Change

I love working with companies who really want to make a difference, beyond just making money for their shareholders. I mean, making money is fun and all, but it is even more rewarding to join in on a just cause. Plus, as this HBR article explains, companies who have...

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Awareness of Self and Belonging

Awareness of Self and Belonging

I found myself completely floored during one of my peer coaching sessions this week. A colleague said, “coaching is about increasing the client’s self-awareness. You can make better choices when you have self-awareness.” She said this casually and continued on with...

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Is a Good Career Accidental or Intentional?

Is a Good Career Accidental or Intentional?

I accepted a Zoom call with a college senior recently. He wanted to understand how I had navigated my career to reach the position I’m in today. He had looked at my LinkedIn profile and assumed I had made a series of calculated career moves to get to my current...

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Culture Eats Breakfast for Strategy

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You’ve probably heard the phrase “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”; in other words, even the best ideas and logical plans are destined to fail if the people involved are not bought in. A 2013 survey of over 2,200 global businesspeople conducted by the Katzenbach...

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