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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.

The Rise and Fall of Peloton: A Leadership Case Study in Hype, Hubris, and Missed Signals

Peloton’s rise and fall reveals how one poor decision—fueled by overconfidence—triggered a bullwhip effect that nearly crushed the company.

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.

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.

How to prep your business to scale

In the first picture, the proximity of the balloons is created by the confines of the box. This is a group who’s closeness is defined by the seating. They share neither direction nor connection. In the second picture, the balloons are connected. They are soaring together in the same direction. For me, this ribbon symbolizes 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. I also imagine “Process” in that connection as a collective “𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰.”

I fired 2 property managers who personally knew how to manage a property, but did not know how to manage a business. Here’s what they were missing.