12 Aug 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 1 Comments

The Magic Of Organizational Change

Bringing real, sustainable change to an organization can often seem impossible. But recognizing two simple things — and reaching for the third option beyond either/or — can help us dramatically.

28 Jul 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 1 Comments

‘Team Players’ Are Killing Your Company

In the modern corporation, creativity has been sacrificed in favor of forwarding the interests of the “Team Player.” This is a great strategy — if we want our companies to die within the next five 5 years…

24 Jun 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Life, 0 Comments

Death by Info v. Death by Ignorance (& Gummi Bears)

In the longstanding tradition of dividing the world into two types of people, I present to you two ways of thinking — both equally deadly, but for different reasons. Also, today our camps will be played by gelatinous colored mammals.

14 May 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Life, 1 Comments

Org Fit Has Nothing To Do With Your Org

We don’t “fit” an organization because of the organization. We fit because of the manager we work for and the team we work with.

As a leader, are you spending enough time with those managers? Everything hangs in the balance of how we answer that question, and this is why…

27 Apr 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Legacy, 2 Comments

Leadership Is Not For You

Is a leader’s success always determined by what’s BEHIND them?

29 Mar 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 2 Comments

Kill The Jargon

Jargon is everywhere. Just like countries, every industry has its own language with terminology, slang, and catch phrases. Some of this is fine, maybe even good — but there’s something important here we can learn from Apple about making our communication more simple.

26 Jan 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 2 Comments

Choices Will Terminate You

An interesting lesson in customer interactions, learned from a Terminator.

19 Jan 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 2 Comments

My Books

As the word “author” is in my website title, I thought it fitting to actually create a page about my books.

Click through for more info, including the synopsis for my brand new book coming later this year, The Silent Revolution.

28 Dec 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, Life, 0 Comments

What Matters Now – Free eBook

Just a couple weeks ago — on December 14, 2009, to be exact — one of my favorite thinkers and bloggers, Seth Godin, released a new FREE eBook called What Matters Now. It’s a PDF collection of short, topical blurbs from some of the best writers and idea people around.

03 Dec 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Leadership, 0 Comments

Time To Buy Some Mazda Stock

I was invited by Mazda to attend the Los Angeles Auto Show at the LA Convention Center on December 2, 2009.

Mazda really surprised me, in a good way — but it wasn’t really because of their new car, the Mazda2 (although that was nice too)…