Most Companies Expand Wrong — Here’s the Process That Actually Works
Most people think global expansion is strategy… but the truth is companies don’t get destroyed by bad strategy — they get destroyed by invisible operational decisions they didn’t…
THE LIGHTHOUSE LEADERSHIP PODCAST
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Weekly conversations on the structural conditions that make teams fail — and how managers fix them.
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LISTEN →The Keyboard Derby: How Transparency Built the iPhone Keyboard
Most people imagine the iPhone keyboard was born from pure genius — a single spark. But in 2005 Apple had no keyboard that worked. If the team couldn’t…
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LISTEN →The Power of Purpose: Connecting Personal and Shared “Why”
Purpose shows up in the grandest and simplest of moments—whether facing the end of life with a loved one or answering the question, “So, what do you do?”…
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LISTEN →The Turning Point: How Bill Gates Learned Teams Outperform Individuals
Bill Gates once believed in the myth of the lone genius—that brilliance alone could change the world. But a sharp critique from a NASA engineer, a high-stakes project…
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LISTEN →Get Team Alignment like Amazon
In this episode of the Lighthouse Leadership Podcast, Evan Hickok unpacks one of the most overlooked but essential elements of team success: alignment. He shows how clarity around what…
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LISTEN →Seeing is Believing: The Role of Transparency in Knowledge Work
In this episode of the Lighthouse Leadership Podcast, Evan Hickok explores why making progress visible is essential for keeping teams engaged and motivated—especially in knowledge work where results…
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LISTEN →The Collapse of Sonos: How Leadership Drift and Ignoring Risk Ruined a Great Brand
In this episode of Lighthouse Leadership, Evan Hickok breaks down the slow, public unraveling of Sonos—a brand once synonymous with seamless, multi-room audio. What began as a visionary…
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Why Feeling Like a Fraud Means You’re Growing as a Leader
Host Evan Hickok explores the “valley of despair,” the grim dip on the Dunning–Kruger curve where confidence plummets just as competence begins to climb. Drawing on stories from Natalie…
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Why So Many Projects and Managers Fail — And How to Fix It
Welcome to the first episode of the Lighthouse Leadership Podcast! In this powerful kickoff, Evan Hickok shares the personal journey that inspired the creation of this podcast—a failed…
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Turning Hidden Problems into Visible Solutions: Avoiding Costly Mistakes
In this episode of the Lighthouse Leadership Podcast, Evan Hickok shares a cautionary tale from early in his career, highlighting how a seemingly insignificant $1 oversight escalated into…