Why Alignment is the Only Leading Indicator That Matters in the 21st Century The 2026 Gallup State of the Global Workplace Report is out, and it offers more than just a list of grievances. It provides a roadmap for the “New Smart” leader. The headlines are focused on the “engagement slump”—with 64% of employees “not […]
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Q7-Lite: The One-Minute Tool That Reveals What Drives People
… and Unlocks Millions in Lost Productivity. Every company on Earth keeps pouring money into “culture initiatives,” “alignment workshops,” and the usual parade of buzzwords. And yet the underlying problem never changes: People don’t understand what truly motivates them – or anyone else. They think they know. Everyone swears they know. But when you put […]
Canada Post: Road to Reinvention
Is it time to shut down Canada Post? Canadian postal workers plan to strike if their demands aren’t met. While this news could raise eyebrows, it didn’t raise much concern for most Canadians, who are unlikely to feel the impact even as the holiday season approaches. Canada Post’s slide into irrelevance seems almost inevitable—but is […]
The Value of Values
Aligning Organizational and Individual Values: A Guide for Business Leaders, Part 1 Imagine you’re the founder or the CEO of a growing business. You’ve heard about the importance of company values, so you gather your team for a brainstorming session. After a few hours and several pizzas, you emerge with a list of inspiring words: […]
Boeing Lean Blowout: Losing It on the Fly
The news of loose bolts and other ‘installation issues’ in the grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets is undeniably concerning. However, there is a silver lining to this revelation: I am confident that these appalling disasters are direct consequences of “lean” production, regardless of what it may be labelled at Boeing for political reasons. Ironically, […]
What Do Elon Musk and Bill Gates Have in Common?
GPT and Q7 offer an unexpected answer to this question. I asked ChatGPT to help me build Elon Musk’s values profile, using my Q7 questionnaire, and then compared it to the profile calculated earlier using crowdsourced responses. I was pleasantly surprised that the two profiles matched up to 95%! Getting almost identical results with a […]
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: a Must-Have Tool in the Knowledge Economy
Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs may be less popular than the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) – but it is much more meaningful and powerful as a performance enhancement instrument.
REBALANCING: A Message from Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian was sending us a message: Humans, it’s time to put your act together. It’s time to REBALANCE.
Applying Maslow’s Theory Today
Abraham Maslow’s Theory of human motivation is like Isaac Newton’s laws of motion: neither of them has an expiration date. New theories often come to the fore, but after a while, it becomes obvious that they are nothing more than derivatives and only confirm the original idea. With the shooting epidemic sweeping the US, everyone […]
Unforgiveness Sunday
Last Sunday in the Russian Orthodox world was – or rather should have been – Forgiveness Sunday. But it wasn’t. And probably never will.