Where do our decisions come from? The rationalistic model says it takes deduction, analysis and comparison. The naturalistic model says it takes experience, intuition and mental simulation.

Organizations may get caught up in internally directed complexities at the cost of lack of focus on customer, markets, partners, competitor and regulations.

At times we and our organizations may feel like being in a rut. What served us well in the past, may not be the right answer for the future. Games can be used to break out of our rut and progress toward new goals.

Talent is not for the few, it is for all of us. The narrow focus on classical IQ based talent and on the young star performer needs to be widened to help us grow in business as well as society.

Leadership demands different qualities in us than we have needed to display in previous expert contributor roles. Which common pitfalls should we seek to avoid and which leadership boosters should we strive to embrace.