What exactly is strategy? It really boils down to where to play and how to win. Authors AG Lafley and Roger Martin reflect on their years at Proctor & Gamble, succinctly distilling down at its core what strategy really means. What is not strategy? defining it as a vision- this is a component but…

Frank Slootman has excelled in his role as CEO at Data Domain, ServiceNow, and currently at Snowflake. What is his secret sauce for getting results? I’ve always admired leaders whose track record shows that wherever they go, the organization gets better. Out of the many CEOs and business people I…

Key lessons and applications of management principles from one of the world’s best management consulting firms. Being promoted to a manager position for anyone can be quite overwhelming. First because many prior employees are so used to their day to day focusing on executing and doing the tasks & projects…

The collected writings of renowned businessman and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Over the past 25 years, tracing the growth of Amazon is nothing short of remarkable. …

Author Richard Koch goes in depth on the commonly known Pareto Principle, offering tips for how to apply it in many facets of one’s life. Most people have heard of the 80/20 principle and may vaguely know one example of what it applies to (you get 80% of the results…

How venture capitalist John Doerr has helped top companies adopt an OKR framework and achieve big business milestones. CEO’s and top leaders of companies set out each year trying to first set and then achieve a few key business goals. The majority of them end up communicating to the wider…

While we all possess talents, we are unsure of how to develop those talents to their full potential. The root of this problem is the “how.” By intently studying world class performers, author Daniel Coyle has distilled that down into 52 consumable tips for improving your skills, taking the most…

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor who has become known for his tweetstorms and thought provoking philosophies. After reading “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant”, I felt it was worth sharing a reflection of the insights and takeaways of a book and person whose words have had one of the…

Gregory Mckeown’s books Effortless and Essentialism feed off each other and provide great insight into how you should rethink your daily life. Summary Essentialism Why does essentialism matter? Well, the paradox of choice always presents itself and often it is natural human instinct to pick small things that don’t really matter. Especially…