The same people sitting around the same table produce the same results. It’s dumb to think otherwise.

It’s even dumber to expect the people who caused the problem to solve it.

The future is the past without intervention.

Working harder, if you’re already working hard, won’t change much.

Efficiency is never the path to exponential change.

Hope for dumb and dumber:

1. Identify an opportunity. Drucker said, “Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.” Leaders who only point out problems lose.
2. Entrenchment produces resistance. Expect entrenched people to resist change. Rotate jobs and modify job descriptions.
3. Don’t rely on working harder. Hard work got you here. Sincerity and good intentions won’t work either.
4. Embrace the pain. Your leadership contributed to the results you currently enjoy. Disappointing results point to unsatisfactory leadership. The more control you have the more responsible you are.
5. Determine what to stop. Stopping is…