by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Apr 16, 2025
In the early days of my career at Oracle, “disruption” was a buzzword so overused it became almost meaningless. We talked about it like it was the holy grail. If you weren’t disrupting something—your process, your product, your industry—you weren’t leading. So when...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Apr 9, 2025
I recently worked with a global pharmaceutical company in the animal health space during a week of political uncertainty—tariffs had been announced, but no one knew whether they applied to their industry. And yet, their leadership team didn’t flinch. They showed up,...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Apr 2, 2025
Workaholics Anonymous began in the 1990s, but their founding belief still rings true: “No matter how much work I did, it was never enough.” That isn’t just personal—it’s cultural. We are addicted to action. Not just to work, but to the idea that motion equals value....
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Mar 26, 2025
A friend once described working at Amazon as “building a rocket ship while being pushed off a cliff.” That same intensity once felt like innovation. Today, it feels like confusion. CEO Andy Jassy is pushing for five-day office mandates, slashing middle management, and...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Mar 19, 2025
A year ago, I watched a video that stopped me in my tracks—factory workers weeping as they found out they were now part-owners of their company. That moment wasn’t just emotional. It was transformational. And it led me straight to Pete Stavros, Co-Head of Global...
by Dr. Jessica Kriegel | Mar 12, 2025
We’ve been sold a myth: that great leaders control culture through vision, policies, and willpower. But culture doesn’t bend to control—it responds to conditions. The more leaders try to fix culture with top-down mandates, the more they miss the point. Culture is not...
