Category: Continual Learning

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Are You Willing to Invest in Loss?

Transparency and Ownership are keys to any organization learning and thriving. In spite of any and all efforts to develop a culture

The image shows a stylized illustration of delegation or leadership. At the top center, there is a red, human-shaped figure standing alone, with one arm raised as if directing or signaling. Below it, arranged in a row, are five smaller human-shaped figures in different colors—yellow, green, blue, orange, and purple. Curved arrows in matching colors point from the red figure down toward each of the five figures, indicating that tasks, responsibilities, or guidance are being distributed from the single red figure to the group below.

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Delegation is a Skill, an Ongoing Process, not a One Time Act

When a manager delegates, the ultimate responsibility still remains with the manager. Delegation is NOT abdication; delegating is not turning one’s back

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Always Separate Praise and Feedback: Why ‘Sandwiching’ Doesn’t Work

Sandwiching: A technique used by supervisors to try to soften feedback: Scrape up a few nice words of appreciation to begin with

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TCC’s Vision: Principled Profit, Stakeholder-Oriented Capitalism

At the highest levels, The Collier Companies (TCC) is about creating principled prosperity in a sustainable manner through commerce, generating value in

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Mistakes, Psychological Safety, and Accountability

It is vital to establish psychological safety up front and create a culture where it is clear that the supervisor is there

The image shows a bright yellow background with four small, round wooden tokens arranged in a row. Three tokens on the left display white speech-bubble icons, suggesting conversation or messages. On the right, a hand is placing or holding a fourth wooden token that shows a checklist icon, with the word “FEEDBACK” written above it. The overall visual suggests the idea of collecting comments or turning conversations into structured feedback.

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Three Tips for Feedback that Works

Clarify: Be up front about your intent from the very beginning. “My role is to help you succeed; any coaching or feedback

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Choiceless Choices

We see the world not as it is but as we are. In life we tend not to choose from the entire

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Consider Increasing Your Error Budget

We all understand, the more at bats opportunities you have, the more hits you can have. A major goal of increasing your

Nathan S Collier standing at a podium delivering commencement speech

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NSC Commencement Speech to Fall 2025 UF Law Grads

More than 4 decades ago, I sat where you are today, graduating from one of the finest law schools in the country,

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Do You Have Akrasia?

Akrasia (ἀκρασία) is from Ancient Greece and refers to a “lack of self-control” or a tendency to “act against one’s better judgment.”

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Deliberate Ignorance aka The Ostrich Effect: Friend or Foe?

We live in an era of incredible access to… Information? Data? Misinformation? We are ceaselessly bombarded, messaged constantly… often with meaningless content