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When we bring in people who see the world differently, we don’t dilute business thinking—we deepen it. Innovation thrives at the intersection of difference.

A chance to accompany someone on a journey, to lead instead of manage … to amplify and narrate … to help people get to where they hope to go.

Insights are a dime a dozen. Suggestions are a bit better, but still let you off the hook. Assertions are the realm of professionals who navigate ambiguity and rigorous thinking.

Assertions make an idea real. The sooner the ball gets rolling, the sooner you can iterate to make the idea better.

You can be the person who gets the ball rolling.

• Wes Kao

The stories you tell yourself lead to the person you become.

• Nathan Baugh

The more you know about history, the more you know about yourself and the present and how you can shape the future.

• Billie Jean King

Someone showed up to my tennis clinic with an old racquet—a time capsule from a different game.

A 1988 Prince, an early power frame from when tennis was shifting from serve-and-volley and back to the baseline.

She hadn’t played in decades and didn’t realize how much the gear had changed.

There’s something sweet, almost childlike, about returning to

The surest way to be successful is to invent your own definition of success. Shoot your arrows first and then paint a bull’s eye around where they land. You’re the winner!

The alternative is to find and focus on the projects that take insight, guts and a tolerance for risk. The projects that involve significant human connection and effort.

When new technology shows up, some people ask, “how can this make my job easier?”

But what happens if we ask, “how can I use this to do something really hard?”

“The things you do badly are as much part of your style as the things you do well.”

—Martin Scorsese