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Written by Mark Edited by Janis Reward vs. Responsibility Patrick Lencioni, in his book, The Motive , draws a sharp line between two types of leaders: reward-centred and responsibility-centred. Reward-centred leaders  treat leadership like a trophy earned after years of grinding. They happily accept the perks and status, and curate their calendars around the tasks they like. All the boring, messy, or uncomfortable parts of the job get delegated, because in their minds, leader

Written by Mark Edited by Janis We love celebrating individual brilliance and romanticize the myth of the lone genius: the investor who puts everything on the line and wins big, the star athlete on a winning streak, the founder who seems to take a company to the top by sheer force of will.  But real life reminds us of something we don’t always want to admit: that to achieve consistent success, individual intelligence doesn’t count for a lot. In The Knowledge Illusion , Steven

Written by Mark Edited by Janis I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on the night the city exploded into violence.  In July 1983, now known as Black July, a civil war raged as riots tore through the capital city and Tamil civilians (including my father and uncles) were hunted in the streets. During this unrest, my mother quietly went into labour with me. By the grace of God, our Sinhalese neighbours hid my labouring mom and 14 others in a tiny, secret room in their home. Outside