My Favorite Mistake, by Mark Graban
In fighter jet aviation, errors can be fatal — so the systems built around learning from them have to actually work. My guest is Christian “Boo” Boucousis, a former Royal …
Andrea Carpenter and Elizabeth Ledoux, co-founders of The Transition Strategists, were mid-negotiation on a business succession deal — Andrea buying into Elizabeth’s business — when Andrea found out she was …
Larry Kasanoff has produced more than 200 films, including Terminator 2, True Lies, and the Mortal Kombat franchise. So it’s fitting that one of the most useful lessons of his …
Publishing strategist Wiebke Tasch had built a bestselling book and a comfortable full-time income on Amazon — enough to quit her PR job. Then one morning an automated email told …
To save a few thousand dollars in legal fees, six-time Silicon Valley CEO Mike Grossman decided to act as his own lawyer on a routine distribution contract. Years later, when …
Kate Lowry was fresh out of college and working at McKinsey when she saw a colleague do something she believed was seriously wrong — something that could constitute blackmail, with …
Eric Ries had a 40-page business plan. An Excel model so complicated it would crash Excel. A team of elite students, real investors, and a working product. What he didn’t …
Joe Hennes runs Tough Pigs, the premier Muppet fan site, and for years he also worked at Sesame Workshop — the dream company he had been writing about since 2006. …
Deborah Coviello has spent her career walking into businesses with quality crises and operational pressure, and walking out with stronger leaders behind her. In this conversation with Mark Graban, she …
Jesse Jackson, contact center leader and host of Set Lusting Bruce, joins Mark Graban to share his favorite mistake: going gun-shy as a new leader when veterans push back with …
