Managers and employees name the same ten motivators — but in the exact opposite order. This mirror-image gap has been sabotaging motivation for nearly eighty years.
Leadership
The Strange Discovery of Intrinsic Motivation – And Why Leaders Still Get It Wrong
How a series of forgotten psychology experiments uncovered intrinsic motivation—and why modern leadership still gets it wrong.
The Motivation Gap – Why Leaders Double Down on the Wrong Things
Leaders keep investing in the motivators they were taught to value, while employees wait for the motivators that actually matter. The gap has been visible for decades.
Build Trust to Ignite Motivation
Motivation doesn’t come from pep talks or bonuses – it grows in an environment of trust. Here are eight simple and powerful ways to build it.
The Velocity Cult
A darkly funny agile fable about what happens when teams chase metrics instead of meaning — and how rewarding A while hoping for B always ends in dashboard glory and product death.
So You Think You’re Agile?
The Ladder That Separates the Pretenders from the Practitioners “We work in two-week sprints.”Cool. That’s not agility. I’ve heard it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. Teams slicing a twelve-month plan into two-week chunks and calling it agile. Managers proudly...
Respect: The Missing Ingredient in Your Agile Transformation
Why respect isn’t just a soft value — but your system’s only real chance at speed.
Learned Helplessness: The Hidden Barrier to Agility
Why your team isn’t stepping up—and what you can do about it.
Are Your Most Respected Practices Now Your Greatest Risk?
Why old rituals won’t protect you—and how to outgrow your sword worship.
Low Performance Is a Leadership Problem, Not a People Problem
Do low performers exist? Learn how labeling people is not the solution and actually exacerbates the problem.