We’ve all been there—stuck in a planning meeting, nodding along while a half-baked idea or outdated strategy drifts across the table like last week’s leftover lunch. You’ve got a better idea—maybe even the idea—but it stays locked behind your teeth. Too risky. Too political. Too early in the quarter. And just like that, the meeting […]

At one point in my career, I was the EVP, Chief of Staff, and head of innovation at the world’s largest supplier of milk. You’d think that meant we had milk to spare. And we did. But not everyone saw it that way. One day, the CFO marched into my office, visibly agitated. “We’ve got […]