On The Word “Love” And The Phenomenon Of Semantic Satiation
This month, I wanted to start this newsletter with a poem by the American poet David Romtvedt, titled “Sunday Morning Early.” My daughter and I paddle red kayaks across […]
After 8 Years of “Disrupt Yourself,” It’s Time To Turn The Mic Around And Disrupt Myself
You’ve persevered through the teething pains of the Launch Point, you’ve accelerated through the Sweet Spot, and now, after all that effort, you find yourself finally at the top of […]
What You Pay Attention To, You Get More Of – So Why Are You Focusing So Much On Your Mistakes?
“Play to your distinctive strengths.” We sure hear that a lot – after all, it’s one of our seven accelerants of growth along the S Curve. There are entire businesses […]
Appreciating The Power Of Our Personal Podiums, And What It Takes To Keep Our Message Consistent
Tomorrow, we’re excited to drop our podcast interview with writer and NYU Stern professor Jonathan Haidt, all about how the combined forces of overparenting and smartphones have completely changed childhood […]
When You Step Back to Grow, Are You Jumping into Your Time Off With Both Feet – or Just Straddling The Line?
Over the July 4th holiday, Disruption Advisors decided to disrupt ourselves with an experiment in resetting. Instead of settling on a long weekend, we put the entire company on pause […]
Even When We Know What We Want To Say, Why Is It Hard To Put Those Words To Paper?
It’s time to write the next book. Like with any launch point on a new S Curve, it’s exhilarating, ruthlessly terrifying, and… vaguely apprehensive. I have an outline, of course, […]
Putting The S Curve Into Practice By Throwing It Off A Cliff (With A Harness)
Last week, I had the pleasure to meet fifty interesting, delightful human beings – not a joy you experience every day – and everyone was part of the Executive MBA […]
What’s The Best Way To Welcome Our AI Coworkers To The Workplace?
It’s no small secret that within the next decade or so, we will have to learn how to coexist with artificial intelligence. Maybe you are already making that adaptation, learning how […]
When You’re Facing Disruption, Take The Time To Stop And Listen
“We don’t respect personal time?” “What?” That’s what my co-founder, Amy, and I asked during our off-site. At the time, we were reviewing what the S Curve Insight Tool had […]
An Astonishing Thing Happened After My Mother-in-Law’s Funeral
Last month, my mother-in-law passed away. Suddenly, yes, but there are realities we have to face. She was ninety-eight––my husband is the youngest of seven children. She lived a good […]