The machine is not our customer.

The server is not our customer and neither is the web site. A person is our customer. The annual report or marketing brochure is not our customer. A person is. The data analytics report is not our customer. A person is. And the airline booking system is most certainly...

What will success look like to you in one year?

It’s a great benchmark question and it deserves to be asked during meetings where the stakes are significant. As much as people like to pretend that they can see well into the future, a year is the most comprehensible and digestible time period for them to...

Great teams fly like geese.

To the untrained eye, a typical flock of geese flies in a strict V formation. The leader does what leaders do, flying in the front and taking on the full force of the wind while everyone follows in its wake. Lots of teams in the corporate world move together in a...