The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading Organizations Blend the Best of Digital and Physical

CHAPTER 13

THE SYSTEMS LEADER: DRIVING CONSTANT PROGRESS ON BRAINS AND BRAWN

If you were filling your own job today, would you rehire yourself? Are you the best person for the role now, rather than when you first got the job? If you’re no longer the best person, what are you going to do about it?

—Katrina Lake, Executive Chairperson of Stitch Fix

I teach the Brains and Brawn framework to audiences all over the world, from huge multinational companies to start-ups on almost every continent. Whenever I finish a presentation about these ideas, the question I hear most often is, “I get it, but where do I start?” People say that the opportunities are exciting, but the challenges of acting on them sometimes seem overwhelming. I respond by urging the ...