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The Sonos Collapse: How Leadership Drift and Ignoring Risk Ruined a Great Brand

Chart showing Sonos stock collapse with falling speaker icon and title 'The Collapse of Sonos: How Leadership Drift and Ignored Risk Lost the Room'

In May 2024, Sonos launched new headphones—and triggered a collapse of customer trust. Here’s what went wrong, and what leaders can learn from it.

Leadership vs Management – and Dominos Pizza

Dominos Pizza reinvented their business in public in 2009/2010. Click the image for the full page on the Internet Archive

Leadership defines the vision, while management ensures execution. Learn how the right balance drives success—featuring Domino’s bold transformation.

Delegate what is stuck in your head with AI Project Management

Futuristic AI-powered project management concept featuring a glowing digital brain with interconnected nodes hovering above a workspace. A holographic project board, laptop, floating task lists, and a progress chart illuminate the high-tech office environment in neon blue and purple hues.

Delegate complex tasks effortlessly with AI-powered project management. Transform unstructured thoughts into actionable plans with ChatGPT and Otter.AI.

The Science Behind Setting and Achieving Goals

Headline: 90% of People Quite after 3 Months of Hitting the Gym

Unlock the science of setting and achieving goals. Explore how brain chemistry drives motivation and success with insights from Setting Goals Theory.

5 Life Lessons from an Astronaut: Insights from Mike Baker

Evan Hickok standing with Astronaut Mike Baker at the Kennedy Space Center.

Life Lessons from an Astronaut: Insights on resilience, hard work, choices, and Earth’s fragility from NASA’s Mike Baker. Wisdom for life on and off Earth.

Vision as a Strategic Imperative: How Pixar Transformed Disney Animation

Buzz Lightyear saves Cinderalla from a castle in flames signifying Pixar's rescue of Disney Animation.

Discover how top brands like Pixar, LinkedIn, and Jiminy Peak use vision as a strategic framework to drive innovation, align teams, and sustain long-term success.

Saving a Team with Psychological Safety

When I was being yelled at, I imagined the commentor had yelled into Siri, and all I received was a text message with no tone of voice. It was clear what was being yelled was a valid comment that should be listened to.

Psychological safety is crucial in high consequence environments because it encourages sharing of ideas and feedback required to get things right.

Cut the Confusion: Kickoff Aligned with a Project Charter

The definition of Team: A stable, bounded group of people interdependent in achieving a shared goal.

A Project is a temporary endeavor to create a unique product, service, or result. Every Project team should be aligned on a Project Charter. Here’s how.

Differentiate Yourself by Delegating

The Performance Pipeline shows 6 passages a leader may go through in their careers from leading self to leading others, then to leading leaders, then to functional leaders, next is business leaders, then a group leader, and finally the enterprise leader.

Struggling with delegation? Clear confusion and boost team efficiency with our simple framework. Learn to delegate effectively, even without a great role model.