I am in no way a cannabis OG, I have very little relationship to the industry other than 6 months of turned-up-to-11 LP experience. I am carefully sceptical of those who are old skool cannabis. Not because they know more, … Continue reading Cannabis Diaries Week 45: Grit And Grace.
Breakthroughs usually require some bravery. The entrepreneur “upsets and disorganizes”, in the words of Peter Drucker. How does the intrapreneur break through? Usually by using their wits and thinking outside the box. Imagine you have “10 IDEAS TO CHANGE THE COMPANY.” Some experiments … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 53: Ask The C-Suite For Coffee.
There is a simple graph that best describes the experience of trying to make a bigger difference inside an organization. On the X axis, your desk. On the Y axis, your head. The graph shows an elegant, consistent motion between … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 52: It Might Get Ugly.
“Disruption” can be a trope, a cliche. Its overuse makes it empty of meaning. Be careful with your language, of how to describe your skills, your value add. Look around and find that definition or title. Experiment with it, start by using … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 51: Engineer, Don’t Disrupt.
Disorganizers will often be accused of messing things up, with their crazy ideas and fail forward activities. And it is often true – we seek to change the status quo. The reflective question to consider is, do things need to … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 50: How Can I Help?
I could do that + Yeah, but you didn’t. I like modern art. I occasionally buy cheap pieces to hang on the wall. I like its wry appraisal of the world and its commitment to ideas. Modern art is not … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 49: Modern Art.
One of the impacts of a year-long slog through downsizing, losses, depressed prices and investor disappointment? The cannabis industry has lost energy and its wow factor. It has consequently needed to slough off extraneous concepts and projects that do not … Continue reading Cannabis Diaries Week 44: Forgettable.
I have finished my 100-part video series, Dis!Organize. I had to learn how to do the end-to-end recording process – audio and video. I had to get the right apps in place that produced something I was happy with. One I … Continue reading COVID Diaries Week 22: Craft.
Disorganizers have bruises from their fights and muscle from the experimentation and small victories. We know how to make things happen and lead the emergent edge of the organizations we serve. Because we have fallen down so many times (and got back … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 48: Commiserate.
I once developed a big digital transformation presentation for my Executive team. I needed some wow factor, some edge thinking that would surprise them and stop them in their tracks. BLOCKCHAIN! It kicked off an interesting discussion that went from bamboozlement, to … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 47: Identify Your Kryptonite.
Last episode I complained about email’s inability to scale. It is good one-to-one; but there are always missed opportunities to connect the right people with the right content; oftentimes, that means new people, network connections. @elsua developed his career by bravely moving … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 46: Go Public II (ESN).
People without organizational power but with great ideas need to get their message out. If you hide yourself away, you might discover the elixir to organizational life and no-one would be better off. Working out loud is what it’s called. … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 45: Go Public I (Email).
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