Jonathan David Lewis

Crabs in a bucket.

This is true across so many domains. The sooner we can get to Acceptance, the sooner we can be done with Denial, Anger, Bargaining, and Depression.

Our culture has already reached Peak Self.

Following Cannes Lions, the ad industry reveals why it's in such dire straights: it is envious, distracted, self absorbed, and has forgotten who pays the bills. You are filled with some of the most talented people on earth. It doesn't have to be this way.

Does work feel a little meaningless, like it doesn’t really matter? Be competent for others.

At the turn of the century, business culture was primarily interested in one question: "How do I?" Thus business leaders embraced Jim Collins’ Good to Great. But after the mass adoption of the internet, "how" knowledge became ubiquitous and cheap, and culture forced leaders to face another question: "Why do I?" So Simon Sinek’s Start with Why found a place on every business leader’s bookshelf. But the culture has changed again. Answers to "how" and "why" are now mainstream and accessible. Today, the culture is asking another question: "Who am I?" Your employees and customers have moved from how to who. Have you?

A website project is a people challenge, not a technology challenge.

The Speed of Human is measured by how fast a relationship can develop. The farther you go without the relationships around you, the less human you travel.

Don't compare suffering in your organization. It's a direct path to a divided culture.

Many leaders don't realize what challenges lie on the other side of the wealth and power they're seeking: -Changed relationships -False security -Isolation -Guilt -And the tyranny of unbounded opportunity This is also known as an identity crisis.

Don't confuse your tools with your talents.

Website are often a list of an organization's insecurities.

Things only get better where you are.

Old work divided life into competing categories. New work brings it all back together on purpose.

The word “advertising” originates from the Latin verb “advertere”, which means “to direct one’s attention to.” Which is actually a pretty good definition of leadership. If you’re not directing your people’s attention, someone else is.