1: Yesterday, we looked at the wild story of Opsware’s acquisition of Tangram.
Which saved Opsware.
Because it allowed them to retain EDS as a client.
Which accounted for 90% of Opsware’s revenue.
“During acquisition talks,” Opsware CEO Ben Horowitz writes in his book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, “both sides had agreed that Tangram’s CFO, John Nelli, would not become part of Opsware.”
2: But, … continue reading
This week and next we are exploring Sahil Bloom’s concept of “Social Wealth” as outlined in his book The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
Today we turn to a list of “Social Wealth Hacks I Wish I Knew at Twenty-Two” which Sahil put together with Arthur C. Brooks, social scientist, Harvard Business School professor, and number one New York Times bestselling … continue reading
1: “Greg Sloan was on the fast track,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
“Just into his early thirties,” he notes, “he had risen to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs, one of the most prestigious financial institutions in the world, and he served as a trusted financial adviser to a long list of well-known corporate … continue reading
1: “Screw them. We could run a better convenience store than these folks!”
Twenty-one-year-old college student Ron Shaich was mad. He and his friends had been “escorted” out of the Store 24 convenience store directly across from Clark University, which they attended.
The “beefy security guard . . . had taken one look at the trio of scruffy kids lingering over the ice-cream freezer and decided we were intent on … continue reading
1: Question one: “How can we build a real, honest, human foundation for an enterprise—one that is so trustworthy that people will give just about anything to be part of it?” writes Fred Kofman in The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership.
Question two: “Then, when everyone is committed, how do we work together effectively to win as a team?”
Who is a real-life leader who not only … continue reading
1: It’s Saturday night. We are at a chamber music recital, listening intently as the musicians play one of Mozart’s string quartets. When they finish, we join other audience members clapping with genteel applause.
The following day, we attend an NFL football game. On a last-second play, the quarterback finds an open receiver who scores a touchdown, and our team wins the game. We leap to our feet, screaming and … 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.
This week, we’ve been exploring the twelve tactics for building psychological safety outlined by Daniel Coyle in his terrific book The Culture Code.
He is writing about our professional … continue reading
1: The Roman Emperor Hadrian once got so angry he stabbed a secretary in the eye with his writing stylus.
Were there consequences?
Of course not. He was the Emperor.
Not Marcus Aurelius. Coming to the throne just decades after Hadrian, Marcus took a different path. The Stoic philosophy path.
He “could have taken advantage of this freedom to behave as he liked,” Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman write … continue reading
