by John Macdonald | Jul 30, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
Lebron’s coming to Philly to finish his career. Didn’t sign for a large amount of money. Didn’t go back to his place of origin. Didn’t go back to the franchise he liked the best. Didn’t go back to the place his family is. He’s finishing it on his terms. I’m not at the... by John Macdonald | Jul 26, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
It happens. You run out of things to say. Which is a result of running out of ideas you’re thinking about. Which is a result of not reading, listening, watching, or thinking about ideas. Ideas fill the well. Keep the idea stream flowing into your head. Share this:... by John Macdonald | Jul 25, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
I’m a tried-and-true conflict avoider. ChatGPT tells me that people like me avoid conflict because we experience it as a threat to safety, acceptance, or the relationship. OK. I can buy that. But professionally, I need to argue. Creative conflict, when done right, is... by John Macdonald | Jul 23, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
When a pilot pushes the throttle forward and the plane starts gathering speed, he doesn’t suddenly pull back to stop it. Instead, he keeps that throttle forward, dumping as much fuel into the engine as he can, until the plane gathers enough speed to take off. To take... by John Macdonald | Jul 16, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
So many things are easy to do. Yet, somehow they’re not done. One reason might be priority. Since those things are easy, we prioritize the hard ones. Thinking to ourselves, “That’s easy. I can do it any time.” Yet, there they sit. Continuously deprioritized and never... by John Macdonald | Jul 15, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
“Don’t remove a rule, process, tradition, design, or constraint until you understand why it was put there.” G. K. Chesterton said this in his 1929 book titled “The Thing: Why I am a Catholic.” He was defending older social institutions, especially domestic life,...