top of page
Search
John R. Durant
May 19, 20213 min read
Engineer != Designer
Fight for greater investment in design at your company. This will lead to greater product innovation, quality, adoption, and satisfaction.
0 comments
John R. Durant
Mar 25, 20213 min read
Team Burnout: Treatment & Prevention
You can almost never go wrong when taking the time to ask how someone is doing and then listening. Take notes and reflect on what you...
0 comments
John R. Durant
Feb 2, 20213 min read
Find the Root Causes of Root Causes
Talk to line-level people, and learn from them. You might not like what you hear, and that’s probably a good thing. In my parent’s humble...
0 comments
John R. Durant
Jan 14, 20213 min read
Wins, Losses, and Learning
Memories of a victory usually fade faster than those related to the struggles and failures that preceded it. Some of you know that I was...
0 comments
John R. Durant
Dec 16, 20203 min read
Reflecting Differently on 2020
Reexamining 2020 may lead us to overlooked treasures in unlikely places. As we wind down 2020, many are echoing the sentiment, “The best...
0 comments
John R. Durant
Nov 24, 20203 min read
Hire Yourself as Chief Mistake Officer
We must set the example for how to deal with blunders, disappointments, and gaffes
0 comments
John R. Durant
Nov 12, 20203 min read
Keeping Score In The Wrong Game
Sometimes we feel that we're competing with those whose help we need. If you're competing with your allies, you're playing the wrong game.
0 comments
John R. Durant
Oct 28, 20203 min read
Trust Fall Fails: Will We Get Fooled Again?
You are in the driver’s seat of your life, both its professional and personal dimensions. Start today using these three simple...
0 comments
John R. Durant
Sep 8, 20204 min read
Culture Is Action: The Polaris Example
Culture is about what people, tools, and systems do and how they function. Culture is action.
0 comments
bottom of page