• 8 Ways

    Square Person-Round Job

    If your dream is a project so timeless it outlives your org chart, start by treating people like LEGO bricks—swappable, stackable, and prone to cracking under pressure. Placing capable—but unqualified—individuals into pivotal roles is a time-honored way to stretch delivery without looking like you’re trying. It creates space for failure to unfold slowly and creatively.

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    Of Huts and Houses

    They had first met in college, while both were studying business. Kim, fresh from Korea, had seen Jiwon eating alone and thought she’d found a fellow expatriate. She had momentarily been crestfallen when she learned her new Korean friend was American-born. But that didn’t matter to Jiwon. She had waved her to the empty seat with a big smile on her face, and from that day on, they were inseparable. They graduated at the same time, then took different paths to the executive suite, but stayed close—troubleshooting careers and commiserating over shared meals like this one.