Andrew Barry

In 1997, Arie de Geus published a book about why some companies live for centuries while most die in their forties. He was Shell’s head of strategic planning. The board had asked him a simple question: how do we last? De Geus went looking for answers and came back with a list of companies that […]

Companies are pouring money into AI tools and AI training. The reason returns are uneven isn’t the tools. The capabilities that decide whether AI pays off are the same ones every L&D roadmap has had for two decades.

Five ways of knowing AI structurally cannot reach. The kinds of cognition that require a body, a stake, or a life — and what they mean for human work.

What you will learn A career in sales can feel like one chaotic, high-pressure situation after another. As a leader, you can freeze, or you can lead confidently through short-term turmoil and set your team up for long-term success. The key to the second path looks like this: Self-Awareness: It starts with you. You need

We once had a client with a fear-based culture. People at the company were used to having their teeth kicked in. So they’d often take that out on our team. Here’s what happened: In this fear-based culture, senior leadership were frantic. Always busy. Always rushed. Always too important for patience. As a result, everyone at

My company’s identity and my own were twisted into a toddler’s knot for too long. I had mushed them together so much that I couldn’t tell them apart, like a brown ball of kids putty. Joy, for me, comes from a relentless (sometimes overly) intellectual pursuit of the elusive Truth (with a capital T, yeah,

In a world of economic and geopolitical confusion, the key to sustained growth lies in strategies that span centuries, not just fiscal quarters. The question that inevitably emerges is how to transform an organization into a ‘Living Company,’ one that perpetually evolves, learns, and thrives. The concept of the ‘Living Company,’ as established by Arie