The 12-Week MBA Chapter 19: The Power of Dissent
Everyone on your team says they agree. The meeting ends early. People smile and nod. And then you make a terrible decision. Sound familiar?
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The 12-Week MBA Chapter 18: Deliberating and Executing - From Discussion to Action
Your team just spent two hours discussing three options. Everyone has an opinion. Nobody agrees. Now what? Most teams have no plan for this moment, and that is exactly when things fall apart.
The 12-Week MBA Chapter 17: Defining the Decision - Getting the Problem Right Before Solving It
Most teams think decision-making is about picking the right option. The authors say the real problem is that teams do not even define what they are deciding in the first place.
The 12-Week MBA Chapter 16: Collective Action and Decision-Making - How Teams Actually Make Decisions
You and four friends cannot agree on a restaurant. Now imagine trying to make a strategic decision with a team of thousands. That is the problem this chapter tackles, and the answer is not what most people expect.
The 12-Week MBA Chapter 15: Leadership - What It Really Means Beyond the Buzzwords
Everyone talks about leadership. Books, podcasts, TED talks, LinkedIn posts. But when you ask people what leadership actually is, the answers get vague fast. This chapter might be the most honest take on the subject I have ever read.
Nomad Capitalist: Final Thoughts on Going Where You Are Treated Best
Twenty-one posts. Sixteen chapters. One very long subtitle. We made it to the end of Andrew Henderson’s Nomad Capitalist.
I started this retelling series because the book made me think. Not because I agreed with everything in it. Not because I wanted to sell offshore company services. But because it challenged ideas I had been carrying around for decades without questioning them. And any book that does that deserves a proper read-through.
The 12-Week MBA Chapter 14: Engagement and Motivation - What Actually Makes People Care About Their Work
Only 20 percent of workers worldwide actually care about their jobs. That is what Gallup tells us every single year. The other 80 percent are either going through the motions or actively trying to make things worse. Sounds like a crisis. Or does it?
Nomad Capitalist Chapter 16: How to Get Started - A Practical Summary
Henderson opens the final chapter from a muddy car ride in Montenegro. He is furniture shopping for his new beach apartment in Kotor Bay with a general contractor named Anka. They are debating white sofas. He jokes about reckless tourists. She offers him a mint. For a second he wonders if she is making a move. She is not. She is just extremely good at her job.
The 12-Week MBA Chapter 13: Adventures in Feedback - How to Give It Without Destroying Trust
Your manager writes “Fantastic work!” at the top of his email. You feel great for about three seconds. Then you open the attached document and see a bloodbath of red tracked changes. Entire paragraphs crossed out. New text everywhere. Maybe ten of your original words survived. So which is it – fantastic or terrible?
Nomad Capitalist Chapter 15: The Nomad Mindset - 8 Ways to Activate the Life of Your Dreams
Henderson is standing on a stage in Cancun, Mexico. It is January 2016. He is at his own conference called Passport to Freedom. And he is telling the audience he is done. No more conferences.