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Joy at Work Is Infrastructure, Not a Perk
By: Kumar Dattatryan
Dr. Pamela Larde told me a story four years ago that I haven't been able to shake. She's a researcher who studies joy and resili...
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Executive Presence: A Biased Filter on Who Leads
By: Kumar Dattatryan
I was twenty-three years old, managing a restaurant in Northern Virginia, and I was good at it. I knew how to run a shift. I kne...
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Knowledge Work vs Learning Work in the AI Era
By: Kumar Dattatryan
I was in a session recently where a group of smart, experienced professionals spent fifteen minutes discovering they all meant s...
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Blame Culture Kills Innovation: How to Break It
By: Kumar Dattatryan
Tom Stiehm spent thirty years in software development watching organizations try to change. New frameworks. New tools. New train...
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Agile Before the Manifesto: Lessons From a Restaurant
By: Kumar Dattatryan
Before I worked a single day in IT, I was practicing agility in a kitchen.
We ran two stand-ups a day, one before the lunch rus...
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The Middle Manager Trap: Strategy vs Reality
By: Kumar Dattatryan
Every transformation I have worked on has a graveyard. You don't see it on the org chart. It doesn't show up in the project plan...
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AI Coaching Between Sessions: What It Can and Can't Do
By: Kumar Dattatryan
A client of mine called it "e-Kumar."
He named it himself. I didn't suggest it. He just started using it that way, and when he ...
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Psychological Safety Theater: When the Term Is a Shield
By: Kumar Dattatreyan
Last week I ended a coach's engagement with my team. She was smart. She was resourceful. She had more raw technical chops than ...
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Closing the Strategy-Execution Gap
By: Kumar Dattatryan
Every year, organizations pour time and money into strategic planning. Offsite retreats, cascade sessions, town halls, decks. An...
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The Energy Transition Is Already Winning on Cost
By: Kumar Dattatryan
The case for ending our dependence on fossil fuels isn't political. It's mathematical. And the clock is running.
Every time the...
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