by Rodney Goldston | Sep 4, 2026 | Business
For generations, professional advancement followed a familiar script. Do the work well. Get promoted. Manage people. Manage more people. That was the ladder. But large companies are beginning to flatten their organizations, reduce management layers, and question...
by Rodney Goldston | Sep 2, 2026 | Business
What the Uber Layoffs Reveal About the Corporate Ladder Every organizational chart contains an argument about value. It shows who makes decisions, who organizes the work and who carries that work out. When a company redraws the chart, it is also reconsidering which...
by Rodney Goldston | Jan 10, 2026 | Business
Humans are social creatures. Before we make a move, we look around. We scan the room. The feed. The market. Not because we lack intelligence, but because belonging feels safer than standing alone. That instinct is exactly why one of the most powerful persuasion tools...
by Rodney Goldston | Jan 10, 2026 | Business
The Elevator Pitch Is Broken. And That’s a Good Thing. “Hey Arnold, tell us a joke.” “I don’t know any jokes.” Early in his career, Arnold Schwarzenegger tells a story about being caught flat-footed at a celebrity party. Someone asked him to perform on the spot, and...
by Rodney Goldston | Jul 5, 2023 | Business, Marketing
In the realm of innovation, new technologies often emerge with inherent disadvantages compared to their established counterparts. It’s a pattern we’ve witnessed time and again throughout history. From the early days of gas cars struggling to compete with...
by Rodney Goldston | Jul 29, 2022 | Business
Some people think blogging is dead because the Internet is 2 crowed. They say it’s tuff 2 be heard above the crowd. And they’re right. Blogging is dead if you’re worried about standing out from the crowd, because standing out can be really, really...
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