Insights

Outward comparison is a clever thief. It doesn’t just steal joy—it forges your identity with someone else’s chisel.

May 17, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Most Powerful Person in the Room

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Outward comparison is a clever thief. It doesn’t just steal joy—it forges your identity with someone else’s chisel.

May 11, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Measure That Matters Most

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The best leaders don’t wait for perfect plans —they walk into uncertainty with practiced presence.

May 5, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Improv Leadership

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“People don’t disengage because they’re lazy. They disengage when they feel invisible.”

May 1, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Power of Mattering

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“What starlings teach us is not how to fly, but how to move together—beautifully, wisely, responsively.”

April 30, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Flight Pattern of Trust

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“Employees don’t quit jobs—they quit experiences that no longer meet their deeper needs.”

April 25, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Why Good People Quit—and How to Keep Them

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“That’s sonder—the realization that every person we pass carries a rich life and a multitude of stories we’ll never fully know.”

April 18, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Falling in Love (Again) with Humanity

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“Not every leap is final—sometimes the right move is to prototype your path.”

April 11, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

5 Questions to Make Better Decisions

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Compassion costs nothing. If you have an organization that cares for others, as most do, you need to create a culture of care.

April 7, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Compassion at Work, Part 2

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Compassion is the engine of innovation, resilience, and trust in a world that’s anything but predictable.

March 13, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Compassion at Work

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The best creators aren’t just makers — they’re curators, remixing the past into something new.

March 5, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Integrative Thinking: The Art of Combinatorial Creativity

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Radical self-care isn’t a luxury. It’s a strategic advantage. When leaders prioritize well-being, everyone thrives.

March 5, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Case for Radical Self-Care

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Adapt or become irrelevant. Companies that fail to meet evolving customer expectations risk irrelevance, no matter how dominant they once were.

February 11, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Making the Leap

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Our brains crave patterns, and three is the smallest number needed to establish one. It’s enough to feel complete without being overwhelming. It’s tidy. It’s memorable. It sticks. — Steven Morris, Matter Consulting

February 4, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Rule of Three

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Why Great Advice Isn’t Enough

January 23, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Why Great Advice Isn’t Enough

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In a world where sameness saturates markets, the human instinct to conform can hold businesses back from becoming truly extraordinary.

January 9, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Courage to Be Rare

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Non-Business Books for Business Leaders — Volume 5

January 2, 2025
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Non-Business Books for Business Leaders — Volume 5

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Steven Morris welcomes two extraordinary thought leaders: Jerry Colonna, co-founder and CEO of Reboot, and Tony Martignetti, leadership advisor and author.

January 2, 2025
Podcast

Jerry Colonna & Tony Martignetti with Steven Morris

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Endings done wisely transform into beginnings full of promise.

December 21, 2024
Branding, Culture, Leadership

Home Stretch

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Attention is our most precious currency and today’s marketplace is crowded with takers. You get to decide how you spend it—and how you earn it from others.

December 10, 2024
Branding, Culture, Leadership

The Battle for Your Attention

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The Ultimate Guide for Hiring a (World Class) Culture Strategist.

December 4, 2024
Branding, Culture

The Essential Guide to Hiring a Culture Strategist

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Michael Bungay Stanier & Steven Morris

November 14, 2024
Podcast

Michael Bungay Stanier with Steven Morris

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In an ugly, fractured world, beauty is a form of resistance. Beauty revives what is real, to the truth of things beyond the superficial or benign.

November 11, 2024
Branding, Culture

Reclaiming Beauty in an Ugly World

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Vision <+> Legacy

November 1, 2024
Branding, Culture

Vision <+> Legacy

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