Erik Foley

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To lead is to serve. Leaders give up the right to think of themselves first. Truly great leaders are aware the cards are stacked against them: humans in power are more likely to be self-serving, pretend the rules don't apply to them and consider their perspective as most valuable. They set about creating cultures and systems that foment constructive dissension, personal care and responsibility, and disciplined thinking.

How Steve Jobs missed the real innovation opportunity: extended inventor responsibility

How Steve Jobs missed the real innovation opportunity: extended inventor responsibility

After reading Walter Isaacson's excellent biography of Steve Jobs. As someone interested in entrepreneurship, I was amazed by the brash, bold vision of Jobs, Wozniak, Ives, Schiller and the many others behind Apple's revolutionary products. There is a certain intellectual and emotional rush one experiences with

How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen

How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen

Our brains aren't ready for this. Our top-shelf brains aren't good at long-term emergencies. Distant effects of our actions especially those that don't match our identity and world-view, are easily dismissed. Per Espen Stoknes, a psychologist with a PhD in economics, chairs the Center

A remote possibility: virtual work and losing what we've never known

A remote possibility: virtual work and losing what we've never known

I am worried the move to remote work will make things better in ways that we can see and it will make things worse in many ways that we won’t. Better in ways we can see Clearly one of the great benefits is for families to have more parents

Forgetting to Learn: Four Surprising Keys to Durable Learning

Forgetting to Learn: Four Surprising Keys to Durable Learning

Whether cramming for a test, listening to a sermon or watching an instructional YouTube video, we all get that elusive feeling: "oh I got this!" We fall victim to the idea that learning is a passive activity. We even use language such as saying someone is a "

In Sustainability, How Much Is ‘Enough’?

In Sustainability, How Much Is ‘Enough’?

If your sustainability efforts cannot withstand increasingly tough questions from executives and Board members, your company is not approaching it in the right way. This framework will help you be ready the next time someone asks, ‘how much is enough?’ Sustainability strategies are increasingly being held to a similar standard