Stephen ButlerPlay Your Own Game: How to Use Sports Analogies in BusinessIt’s no accident that we’ve come to call the fundamental units of business collaboration “teams,” or that leaders have found insight and…7 min read·Jan 21, 2024----
Stephen ButlerSome Year-End Shakespeare for LeadersAs a harrowing 2023 draws to a close, business leaders are feeling beat up. Inflation, interest rates and other post-pandemic hiccups have…5 min read·Dec 19, 2023----
Stephen ButlerThanks for the comments, Emily!1. Even when making the tough calls like layoffs or audits, empathy is invaluable. Appreciating the perspective of the suddenly severed…1 min read·Jul 10, 2023----
Stephen ButlerThe E-Factor of Personality: Why Empathy May Be Your Team’s Missing Link7 min read·Jun 28, 2023--2--2
Stephen ButlerHow to Save Twitter From Itself: An Open Year-End Letter to Elon MuskWhat if there were a way save Twitter as the world’s public square — and as a company — and in a way that honors its current owner’s…·7 min read·Dec 30, 2022----
Stephen ButlerThe Zen of Emily Dickinson: Purpose, Failure, and EntertainismVan Gogh, Kafka, and Dickinson died feeling they’d failed, only to have huge posthumous impact. What does that say about YOUR purpose?5 min read·Oct 11, 2022----
Stephen ButlerThere Is Only One StrategyFifty-odd years after creeping into our lexicon, “strategy” remains one of the most misused words in business. It shouldn’t be — for at…4 min read·Oct 2, 2022----
Stephen ButlerHow Purpose Become Toxic at WeWork- and How to Avoid The TrapOf all the lessons to be taken from the rise and fall of WeWork — lavishly documented in Apple TV+’s new limited series, WeCrashed — the…7 min read·Mar 25, 2022----
Stephen ButlerStop searching for an abstract “WHY”. Find your “Company-Impact Fit”.Ever since Simon Sinek challenged us to “start with WHY”, companies have struggled to find theirs using workshops. Might Silicon Valley’s…5 min read·Jan 27, 2022--1--1