For the last 15 years, I have been pursuing a solution to minor disputes within startup teams (namely our own) between my brother and me. I hated it when he responded with "erk!" when I came up with a novel proposal for a problem that we were trying to solve. As a designer, we were... Continue Reading →
Founder Dispute Network
Resolve Co-founder Conflict with a Founder Dispute Network FDN A Founder Dispute Network (FDN) is a new safety strategy designed to help care for and protect startup founder members from co-founder conflict. According to Noam Wasserman, the bestselling author of The Founder's Dilemma, some "65% of startups fail because of co-founder conflict". Using an FDN,... Continue Reading →
Empowering Self-confident Decision-making in Startup Teams
We all know that Overconfident team members can take us places but they can also get us into trouble eventually. Think domineering CEO with head in the clouds. We also know that Under-confident team members can get us nowhere, never making a decision or take a risk. Think dutiful worker putting up with domineering CEO.... Continue Reading →
Startup Accelerator Dispute Network
Startup accelerators and incubators exist to help nurture and advise startups and assisting them to get funding. Startup teams are decision-making machines, making pivotal decisions that have enormous effect on the early direction and the later outcome of the startup. They are also vulnerable, with around 9 in 10 startups failing. We think that the... Continue Reading →
Letter to Swimming Australia
Hi,I was just listening to the latest complaints raised by Australian swimmers in the media and I thought I would contribute and try help. I know this is a long shot but Swimming Australia and most organizations obviously need some radical process to prevent these venting experiences from offended members. A way to transform from... Continue Reading →
Let’s Agree to Object?
"Let's agree to disagree", is the famous cleché used to stop disagreements, that have become an impasse.But what if we had a better solution such as "Let's agree to object"? That is "lets keep the discussion open but if either of us feel threatened by the other's imposition, then we can simply object to the... Continue Reading →
Tackling Misbehavior in Real-time
We Tackle Misbehavior in Real-time If a soccer player gave away a free-kick during a tackle, you wouldn't wait until the end of the game to blow the whistle. You wouldn't wait until the end of the first half to blow the whistle. Of course, you would blow the whistle instantly in real-time to penalize... Continue Reading →
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