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Become a better leader without being a jerk with this Boston-bred, California-chilled Leadership Advisor, Writer, & Podcast Host
Monday 10-27-2025 Culture Leads, Systems Sustain Too many leaders hide behind systems. They think a new process, policy, or program will magically fix dysfunction. It won’t. Systems can enforce compliance, but culture determines whether the system endures or gets undermined. That’s true whether you’re managing a department or confronting systemic social issues. If your culture doesn’t support your system, you’re enforcing empty rules that no one believes in. When systems and culture are...
Monday 10-20-2025 10 Principles for Defiant Leadership A Roadmap for Integrity, Courage, and Conscience Over two decades ago, I created a wallet-sized notecard for my team called the “10 Pride Principles.” It served as a simple guide to help us stay grounded when things got loud — a quick reminder to remain human and proud of how we worked. Today, noise levels have increased. Authoritarian thinking has infiltrated organizations. Fear, or worse, sycophancy, has replaced courage in too many...
From the desk of Karl Bimshas Hi Reader, Let’s call it a “catch-up” year. 57 Varieties of Success Recently, I was challenged to spend some time reviewing past success, big and small. For no particular reason, other than it’s my 57th birthday, here is a non-inclusive, non-prioritized, random list of 57 assorted business milestones, personal leadership accomplishments, creative output, and other moments of pride I’ve had so far. 1. At the age of 8, I began making Regular 8mm movies with themes...