Nicholas Epley looked around the commuter train he was riding to his office at the University of Chicago.

“It was just headphones and screens,” Nicolas reflects in  David Brooks’s book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.

A thought occurred to Nicolas. “As a behavioral psychologist, he was well aware that social connection is the number one source of happiness, success, … continue reading

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.

Summertime is my favorite time of the year.  For families like ours with school-aged kids, school is out, which means there are many fewer activities and commitments. 

Which means we have … 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.

Turns out the old saying, “One bad apple ruins the bunch,” was absolutely right.

In his book The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle shares research by Will Felps, a … continue reading

1: General Curtis LeMay’s mission “was to make the American nuclear force a perfectly functioning machine,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.

“All rubbed up, no corrosion. Alert,” Curtis once wrote.

He was a larger-than-life figure. Life magazine called him “The Toughest Cop of the Western World.” 

“One time he stepped into a bomber with a lit cigar,” Daniel writes. “When a … continue reading