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A photo of a wide vista overlooking a lake - Photo by Mario Dobelmann / Unsplash

Be surprised less often — the subtle advantage of wider awareness

With a wider awareness of what is happening around you, you will be surprised less often. This is one of the quiet advantages of experience — not that seasoned professionals are cleverer, but that they are better oriented.
Rob Lambert 17 Oct 2017
A photo of tools and a map - Photo by Fleur / Unsplash

Leadership without proximity — what distance reveals

For most of modern history, management relied on a simple assumption: if I can see you, I can lead you. The geography of work has changed — and something important has been exposed.
Rob Lambert 16 Oct 2017

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