Chicago radio segment - Get Down to Business

I’ve come to believe we have built our organizations like that manicured garden — controlled, curated, clipped into predictability. We manage for order, not for life. We reward what fits the plan and cut back what doesn’t. And in doing so, we’ve unintentionally cut off the possibility of something greater: a truly living system that can adapt, innovate, and endure.

At its core, real leadership comes down to one essential theme: alignment.

The piece ran on Addicted2Success, a global personal-development platform with millions of monthly readers and a reputation as one of the most widely read motivation sites in the world.