Steffen Meyer

[Blog] Don't count on coordination to replace shared experience

Communication and coordination alone are not remotely good enough for building trust, which matters when you change orgs.

[Blog] Why hire fractional leaders? They must deliver what they promise

Fractionals, even more than other professional service providers, have aligned incentives with clients only to promise what they can deliver.

[Blog] Fractional leaders offer credible expertise for a changing world

Everyone talks about "deploying AI." But as always, it's only 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration: Fractionals can make the 99% go better.

[Quote] I have tried to manifest that magical environment

Leaders can't force alignment. Just as "management" isn't "leadership," so "governance" is not "shared mission."

[Blog] How innovation still matters in uncertain times

Innovators add value in org's that focus on here & now via incremental steps to a long-term vision related to the same purpose as core operators.

[Blog] Beware the last 2 percent of work to startup milestones

The last steps toward "getting good enough" can be the very hardest by far.

[Blog] A new "must-do purpose" — The solemn vow

The "Solemn vow" (per new work by Roger Martin) adds another must-do purpose and unlocks logic for choosing among all four.