Proven Chaos
Bringing Calm to the Chaos of Business
Ben Horowitz coined the terms "wartime CEO" and "peacetime CEO" in The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Wartime means threat, speed, survival. Peacetime means growth, stability, systems. Most …
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The most dangerous story in your company isn't the one your competitors are telling the market. It's the one you're telling yourself. I had two conversations this week. Different industries. …
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When it comes to performance, you’re either on the way up or on the way down. As leaders, we soak up the energy of all our people, so it is even harder to stay on the way up. Here’s how to end a …
If you need to know something, you really need to know what game you’re playing. I’m not talking baseball vs volleyball. I’m talking about your business game. Do you know what game you’re …
You know the best piece of advice I can give you? Hire people around you who can FSO. It’s THE critical leadership competency. Yet, no one ever talks about it. What’s FSO, you ask? Hire leaders …
You know a problem I see in you? Too much doing. Not enough thinking. You’re "so busy" taking action that you don’t think about the work you’re doing. Look at your calendar. It’s …
The best investments are the ones you make in yourself. Yesterday, I hosted the ProvenChaos Leadership Summit. I spent all day with C-level leaders navigating their companies forward in uncertain …
Leading a winning company has never been harder. Forget about employees and supply chains and Covid. It’s even more basic. It’s about the consumer. You used to hold all the power through …
Briggs, my five-year-old, loves going to the local grocery store with me. In fact; he jumps at the opportunity. Weird, right? Yeah. But there’s a secret. The bakery gives away sprinkle …
On a cold March day in 1988, when I was 14, a Toyota Camry took me out on my bicycle. It remains among the scariest moments of my life. When they say, "life flashes before your eyes," …
I spent three days recently with a Provenite company conducting their quarterly strategic plan. This company is fully committed to unlocking their potential through proper planning. During …
Happy New Year! 2022 here we come! New beginnings.New opportunities.New squirrels to chase. And, perhaps a new hangover evicting 2021 last night… The new year opens people’s minds and …
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