Weekly Curiosities

Curiosity #38 - Life's a pitch (and Tami Reiss tells us why)

🎤 Quotable Quote “You’re not just delegating—you’re deputizing.”— Tami Reiss That’s not just a clever word swap. It’s a leadership gut check. Because delegation says, “Here, do this task.”But deputizing says, “Here, carry this mission—and represent me while doing it.” 🧠 This...

Jun 25, 2025

Curiosity #37 - If Ted Lasso gave a graduation speech

🎤 Quotable quotes: “I realized that they were underestimating me. But it ain't about me. It's about them.”—Ted 🎓 What Would Ted Lasso Say to the Class of 2025? Well howdy there, graduates! Or any folks sitting in the audience (aka staring at your inbox) If we had to guess what Coach Ted Lasso ...

Jun 18, 2025

Curiosity #36 - Lead from where you are

🎤 Quotable Quote “A leader is best when people barely know he exists… When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”— Lao Tzu This week on Leadership Rules, we sat down with educator-turned-edtech leader Scott Nunes, whose approach to leadership blends humility,...

Jun 11, 2025

Curiosity #35 - You must pass the Laugh Test

🎤 Quotable quotes: Jamie: “Coach, I’m me. Why would I want to be anyone else?”Ted: “I’m not sure you realize how psychologically healthy that actually is.” (Because this is brilliant comedy writing right here :) ) The Laugh Test (a.k.a. The Interview Question That Actually Matters) We’re big fa...

Jun 04, 2025

Curiosity #34 - Be the CPR (Calmest person in the room)

🎤 Quotable Quote “The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”— George Bernard Shaw (via Kellie Ady) We know, it stings.Because let’s be honest—we’ve all said “as I mentioned earlier” and assumed that counted as alignment.Kellie reminds us that real communi...

May 28, 2025

Curiosity #33 - Are you a Sam or a Keeley?

🎤 Quotable quotes: "Just listen to your gut okay. And on your way down to your gut, check in with your heart. Between those two things, they'll let you know what is what." Ted Lasso 🧠 Weekly Curiosities | Issue: “Core to Culture” What happens when your personal values don’t match the culture ar...

May 21, 2025

Curiosity #32 - AI is a tool. YOU are the differentiator.

🎤 Quotable Quote “You can’t be on a panel and say, ‘Hold on, let me ChatGPT this real quick.’”— Kory Kirby This is your friendly reminder: AI is a tool. YOU are the differentiator. 🖌️Paint Your Store, Don’t Wait for a Window Display Most people treat their careers like pop-up shops: thrown to...

May 14, 2025

Curiosity #31 - Season 4 👍 👎?

🎤 Quotable quotes: "All good things must come to an end." Geoffrey Chaucer Ted Lasso and the Infinite Game: Why Embracing Season 4 Teaches Us to Play On When news hit that "Ted Lasso" is set to return for a fourth season, fans split into camps: purists who felt the story had a perfect ending an...

May 07, 2025

Curiosity #30 - The coming of charisma

🎤Quotable Quote “I believe in hope. I believe in 'Believe.'— Ted Yeah -Ted said it, but for this week’s guest on Leadership Rules, it’s a lifestyle. Milam Miller isn’t just called the real-life Ted Lasso, he earns it from leading a $20M cross-cultural sales team in European football to foundi...

Apr 30, 2025

Curiosity #29 - The Future is Human

🎤 Quotable quotes: “Your resume may get you in the room. Your character is what keeps you there.” - Us The Future Is Human: What 2030’s Top Skills Really Mean for Leaders Like You The World Economic Forum released their list of the top job skills for 2030. Spoiler alert: it’s not about coding, ...

Apr 23, 2025

Curiosity #28 - The Art of Being Human (Even in Tech)

🎤Quotable Quote “There’s no tradeoff between behaving like a human and achieving speed or outcomes.”— Luca Rossi, Founder of Refactoring 💡 Curiosity Sparked What happens when one of the most respected voices in engineering leadership says out loud what many of us quietly believe? That empathy...

Apr 16, 2025

Curiosity #27 - Team Mediocre!

🎤 Quotable quotes: "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." —George Eliot Embracing Good Enough with a Ted Lasso Twist In the relentless pursuit of perfection, we often find ourselves chasing the impossible standard of being the best at everythin...

Apr 09, 2025

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