"I do not choose to be a common man, It is my right to be uncommon … if I can, I seek opportunity … not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen. Humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; To dream and to build. To fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life To the guaranteed existence; The thrill of fulfillment To the stale calm of Utopia. I will not trade freedom for benefic

When we begin implementing EOS with a company, we always ask the leaders to commit fully to the journey ahead – the journey to become their very best as a leadership team. One of the specific things that requires is to take responsibility for everything that you and your fellow leaders have created in your organization. Like a lot of things in EOS, that sounds easy – but it’s hard and very rare. What we’re talking about is avoiding the blame game, which is so common in lean,

I just came back from my quarterly EOS Implementer meeting, a gathering of professional EOS Implementers, trained to implement EOS in companies in the very best way possible. Here, I was reminded of fellow implementer Jonathan Smith’s book, Optimized for Growth. In his book, Jonathan presents the compelling case that successful entrepreneurs work best in a Success Triangle of three components in their tool kit: An Operating System, A high-performing Peer Group like Vistage, E