These conversations are easy to screw up. As such, you need to be the one in control. You set the agenda, you keep it on topic, and you propose next steps.

What must be avoided is the need for all teams to communicate with all other teams in order to achieve their ends; just as a jazz band coordinates the music it plays, we should expect to carefully curate the communication that takes place within an organization.The combination of well-defined teams and well-defined interaction modes provides a powerful and flexible organizational capability for structural adaptation to changing external and internal conditions, enabling the organization to “sense” its environment, modify its activities, and focus to fit.

Leaders have the authority and budget to make the large-scale changes that are often needed, to provide air cover when a transformation is underway, and to change the incentives of entire groups of technical professionals.

To sustain success, as leaders we not only need diverse voices at the decision‐making table, but we must also build cultures of inclusion and belonging for everyone.

If you believe in the value of depth, this reality spells bad news for businesses in general, as it’s leading them to miss out on potentially massive increases in their value production.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Our research doesn’t conclusively explain this, but we have a few ideas about why this might be the case.

National income is defined as the sum of all income available to the residents of a given country in a given year, regardless of the legal classification of that income.

Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.