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How to Cross Antarctica (On Surviving Chaos)

Ed Batista

They’re not the most efficient use of capital; they’re not the most efficient use of buffers. My clients aren't polar explorers, but many of them are trying to be the first in history to accomplish a particular entrepreneurial venture, and at the moment all of them are trying to navigate an "uncertain and unforgiving environment."

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What Kind Of Scared Are You?

Chief Executive

If there is not enough fear and tension in the system teams fall into what Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team , calls “false harmony”: avoiding the tough issues, not having the hard conversations, and making decisions before controversial topics have been discussed. There’s that flight again, Edward thought.