1: Meet Nick.
He’s “a handsome, dark-haired man in his twenties,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
Nick is sitting in a conference room in Seattle with three other people. “To outward appearances, he is an ordinary participant in an ordinary meeting,” Daniel notes. “This appearance, however, is deceiving. The other people in the room do not know it, but his mission … continue reading
1: “Why do certain groups add up to be greater than the sum of their parts, while others add up to be less?”
Designer and engineer Peter Skillman held a competition to find out, Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
Peter put together four-person teams at Stanford, the University of California, the University of Tokyo, and a few other places.
Here was … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last week marked the three-year anniversary of writing my first RiseWithDrew blog post. I’ve written every weekday since then without missing a single day.
A question I get asked … continue reading
Behavior change is hard.
“Consider the typical patient with severe coronary heart disease recovering from open-heart surgery,” Chris Voss writes in Never Split the Difference.
“This surgery isn’t a cure,” the surgeon tells the patient. “The only way to truly prolong your life is to make the following behavior changes . . .”
“Yes, yes, yes, of course, Doctor! This is my second chance. I will change!” the patient … continue reading
1: August 2000. The Philippines. The militant Islamic group Abu Sayyaf announces it has captured a CIA agent.
“The truth was not as newsworthy or as valuable to the rebels,” writes Chris Voss in Never Split the Difference. The Muslim rebels had actually apprehended Jeffrey Schilling, a twenty-four-year-old California native traveling near their base in Jolo Island.
The rebel leader Abu Sabaya announced the ransom amount.
$10 million.… continue reading
1: Marti Evelsizer was the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Coordinator in Pittsburgh.
She was “a dynamo and a negotiating genius, which earned her huge respect both within the Bureau and with the local police,” writes Chris Voss in his book Never Split the Difference.
The city’s police department’s hostage negotiation team asked her to sit on their selection board for new candidates. It was quite an honor.
The only problem? … continue reading
1: Chris Voss has recently joined the FBI’s New York office, he writes in his book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended On It.
“I want to be a hostage negotiator,” Chris told Amy Bonderow, who ran the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Team in New York.
“Everyone does—got any training?” she asked.
“No,” Chris said.
“Any credentials?”
“Nope,” he answered.
“Any experience?” she asked.
“No,” … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Yesterday was the three-year anniversary of writing my first RiseWithDrew blog post. I’ve written every weekday since then without missing a single day.
One of the questions I often … continue reading
1: “We know there is something wrong with us, but we can’t admit it or identify it,” Tim Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor.
“There is a deep restlessness, which can take various forms—guilt and striving to prove ourselves, rebellion and the need to assert our independence, compliance and the need to please others,” he observes.
“Something is wrong, and we may know the effects, but we fall short … continue reading
1: Idealism says, “Through my work I am going to change things, make a difference, accomplish something new, bring justice to the world,” Timothy Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work.
Cynicism says, “Nothing really changes. Don’t get your hopes up. Do what it takes to make a living. Don’t let yourself care too much. Get out of it whatever you can,” he notes.… continue reading
