The Curious Leader

The Fallacy of Stochastic Innovation

If you want to bring your staff back to the office, at least have the decency to be honest about the reasoning, and don't pretend that innovation requires collocation. Read and subscribe to the text version of this episode here: https://thecuriousleader.work/posts/the-fallacy-of-stochastic-invention/ Find out more about coaching on my website: https://aaronbieber.coach

Challenge expectations

Sometimes a new perspective reveals the foolishness in an activity that we carry out with great seriousness and zeal. What can a very funny comic strip poking fun at AI tools teach us about this? Read and subscribe to the text version of this episode here: https://thecuriousleader.work/posts/on-the-importance-of-writing/ Find out more about coaching on my website: https://aaronbieber.coach

How to agree on something

The foundation of a healthy working relationship is agreement. Even when people have differences of opinion—and they always will—getting everyone on the same page about broader goals and individual motivations produces better outcomes. Read and subscribe to the newsletter version of this show here: https://thecuriousleader.work/posts/how-to-agree-on-something/ Learn more about my coaching at https://aaronbieber.coach

"Do more reorgs" with Brian Guthrie

Instead of bringing you another analysis of a leadership topic laced through and through with my opinions, I thought it would be fun to share a new perspective. This time, from my old friend and former start-up colleague Brian Guthrie. Brian recently started a company to help tech leaders visualize and execute smooth re-orgs, so we talked about that. What makes re-orgs hard? What would make them easier? Brian's company, OrgSpace, can be found here: https://orgspace.io/ Learn more about Daniel Terhorst-North here: https://dannorth.net/about/ The book "Dynamic Reteaming" by Heidi Helfand can be found here: https://amzn.to/3p8BAd5 Read and subscribe to the newsletter version of this show here: https://thecuriousleader.work/posts/do-more-reorgs-with-brian-guthrie/ Find out more about my coaching work here: https://aaronbieber.coach

On the importance of writing

Can you think of any other skill that is required, crucial, has a wide breadth of mastery with a direct impact on the operations of a business, and which nobody is ever trained to do? Read and subscribe to the text version of this episode here: https://thecuriousleader.work/posts/on-the-importance-of-writing/ Find out more about coaching on my website: https://aaronbieber.coach