Field notes

Skills aren't one and done. Use them or lose them — then relearn them on purpose.

Systems don't run your business. People do. Communication is your real competitive advantage.

The most important decision you'll make all year deserves more steps, more touches, more testing.

Four simple rules that keep meetings on track: more done, less time, fewer fights.

Perfection guarantees failure. Start where you stand and get it done.

Anything worth doing long term is worth testing short term — ideas, projects, partnerships.

From the front, by example, regardless of title. That's the whole definition.

Leaders are responsible for everything — that means fessing up and facing up.