1: Something surprising was about to happen.
The entrepreneurs had gathered to pitch their business idea to a group of business executives.
The stakes were high. Each entrepreneur had spent countless hours perfecting what they would say.
Because they knew they would be ranked. Only the very best pitches would earn an invitation to present to a group of angel investors.
2: There was another observer in the room that … continue reading
1: “On May 24, 2002, in Google’s kitchen at 2400 Bayshore Parkway in Mountain View, California, Google founder Larry Page pinned a note to the wall:Â
“THESE ADS SUCK.”
Ouch.
“In the early 2000s, some of the best minds in America were competing quietly in a race,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
“The goal was to build a software engine that … continue reading
What’s the first secret of being a great place to work?
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.
The last several Fridays, we’ve been looking at the strategic importance of being a great place to work.… 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.
You can do this.
The last two Fridays, we’ve explored why being a great place to work is a great idea.
First, great workplaces are poised to win the … 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.
Let’s say we’re going to buy something.
It’s a significant purchase. We’re going to lay out some of our hard-earned cash.
Imagine we have two options.
Option one? We … 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.
Question: What’s the big deal about being a great place to work?
Four words.
The. War. For. Talent.
The current unemployment rate is 3.4%. The unemployment rate for college … continue reading
1: Our goal as leaders?
To build a high-performing team or teams.
The problem?
Our assumptions around group culture are mostly wrong, Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
“Group culture is one of the most powerful forces on the planet,” he writes. “We sense its presence inside successful businesses, championship teams, and thriving families, and we sense when it’s absent or toxic.”… continue reading
Why psychological safety plays such an important role in team performance
1: 43 out of 44.
That’s the number of groups that behaved the same way in the “Bad Apple Experiment.”
An actor Nick was placed into these four-person groups instructed to create a marketing plan for a start-up.
Will Felps, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of New South Wales in Australia, designed the study. He trained … continue reading
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
