Jake BreedenMar 22 min readLast-Minute Lightbulbs: When Great Ideas Spark DisasterWe've all been there. You're on the precipice of a big presentation, a product launch, or even a dinner party, and suddenly a brilliant...
Jake BreedenFeb 252 min readHeart Healthy LeadershipHave you ever started a Google search afraid of what you might find? Late in October 2023 I searched “chest pains,” “walking uphill," and...
Jake BreedenFeb 252 min readA Culture of Intentional PivotsEvery leader understands that it's smart to learn from failure. So every company must be a happy place in which people openly share their...
Jake BreedenFeb 252 min readWhen Virtues Hide ViceThis article was originally published by Harvard Business Review. Over the past 10 years, I’ve interviewed thousands of leaders about...
Jake BreedenFeb 252 min readThe Excellence TrapThis is a summary of an excerpt of Jake's book that originally appeared in Strategy+Business. While striving to do our best is generally...
Jake BreedenFeb 222 min readDon't Let the Wheat WinThis articles summarizes Jake's post on Psychology Today. Yuval Noah Harari argued in Sapiens that humans didn't domesticate wheat; wheat...