Greg Satell
@gregsatell.bsky.social
Bestselling Author of CASCADES & MAPPING INNOVATION | International Keynote Speaker | Transformation Expert and Advisor | Wharton Lecturer |over 50 articles in Harvard Business Review
The Smartest Guys on the Planet: Why Even Very Smart People Can Think Really Dumb Things digitaltonto.com/2026/the-sma...
The Smartest Guys on the Planet: Why Even Very Smart People Can Think Really Dumb Things | Digital Tonto
George Soros made a fortune betting against conventional wisdom. When the British government committed to keeping the pound pegged to the German mark, he bet against it and earned a billion dollars. H...
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Despite The Hype, Innovation Isn’t Getting Any Faster. Here’s Why: digitaltonto.com/2026/despite...
Despite The Hype, Innovation Isn’t Getting Any Faster. Here’s Why: | Digital Tonto
Today it’s become an article of faith that everything moves faster. Business pundits tell us that we’re living in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). These are taken as basic tr...
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You Have A Big Idea. Here’s How To Turn It Into Impact digitaltonto.com/2026/you-hav...
You Have A Big Idea. Here’s How To Turn It Into Impact | Digital Tonto
Economists have long been baffled by productivity growth, which rises and falls without any discernible rhyme or reason. The problem is that progress never follows a linear path. As I wrote in "Mappin...
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Great Leaders Know How to Listen. Here Are 3 Skills to Master: digitaltonto.com/2026/great-l...
Great Leaders Know How to Listen. Here Are 3 Skills to Master: | Digital Tonto
People tend to become leaders by first becoming great performers. In school, they raise their hands first and give the right answers. As they begin their career, they learn to speak up in meetings, de...
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I just published How The Knowing-Doing Gap Undermines Even The Best Ideas greg-satell.medium.com/how-the-know...
How The Knowing-Doing Gap Undermines Even The Best Ideas
A while back we had Stanford Professor Bob Sutton on our podcast. Bob is someone who I’ve long admired and he didn’t disappoint. He’s had a…
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The Cockroach Movement Is Shaking Up India. Here’s What Every Leader Needs to Learn: digitaltonto.com/2026/the-coc...
The Cockroach Movement Is Shaking Up India. Here’s What Every Leader Needs to Learn: | Digital Tonto
In a classic "Harvard Business Review" article, Abraham Zaleznik contrasted two very different styles of authority. Managers, he argued, take a formal approach and seek order and control. Leaders, on ...
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@karaswisher.bsky.social don’t confuse a moment with a movement. A movement is thoughtfully and deliberately built for purpose. A moment is just a window of opportunity. History shows that you might find your moment and make progress, but without a movement you will fail to survive victory.
The Urgency Trap: The Faster You Feel You Need To Go, The More Careful You Need To Be digitaltonto.com/2026/the-urg...
The Urgency Trap: The Faster You Feel You Need To Go, The More Careful You Need To Be | Digital Tonto
Clearly, investing in Ukrainian-language magazines in 2007 was a bad decision. Launching three titles within 12 months in an unproven market was catastrophic. It very nearly killed our company. When t...
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@timmiller.bsky.social The research is clear. People who leave cults, conspiracy groups, etc., tend to first experience a shift in social networks. I’m sure there are exceptions, but inductively speaking, that seems to be the key. www.fastcompany.com/91581223/dis...
Disinformation doesn't care about your facts. Here's how you can fight back
Changing minds, it turns out, often begins with shifting networks.
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You Have A Big Idea. Here’s How To Turn It Into Impact digitaltonto.com/2026/you-hav...
You Have A Big Idea. Here’s How To Turn It Into Impact | Digital Tonto
Economists have long been baffled by productivity growth, which rises and falls without any discernible rhyme or reason. The problem is that progress never follows a linear path. As I wrote in "Mappin...
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The Cockroach Movement Is Shaking Up India. Here’s What Every Leader Needs to Learn: digitaltonto.com/2026/the-coc...
The Cockroach Movement Is Shaking Up India. Here’s What Every Leader Needs to Learn: | Digital Tonto
In a classic "Harvard Business Review" article, Abraham Zaleznik contrasted two very different styles of authority. Managers, he argued, take a formal approach and seek order and control. Leaders, on ...
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The AI “New Era” Illusion: Why Every Boom Looks Different—But Ends the Same digitaltonto.com/2026/the-ai-...
The AI “New Era” Illusion: Why Every Boom Looks Different—But Ends the Same | Digital Tonto
In the 1970s and 80s, business investment in computer technology was increasing by more than 20% per year. Strangely, though, productivity growth had decreased during the same period. Economists found...
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Disinformation Doesn’t Care About Your Facts. Here’s How You Can Fight Back. digitaltonto.com/2026/disinfo...
Disinformation Doesn’t Care About Your Facts. Here’s How You Can Fight Back. | Digital Tonto
Today, leaders of all types of organizations are under siege. Major brands like Bud Light, government agencies like USAID, and even charities are subjected to disinformation campaigns fueled by social...
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Happy 17th Birthday, Digital Tonto!
Happy 17th Birthday, Digital Tonto! | Digital Tonto
When I started this blog in 2009, everything was mired in chaos. We were in the depths of the Great Recession, and it wasn’t clear whether we’d recover. In Ukraine, where I was living at the time, the...
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Silicon Valley Pundits Are Obsessed With The Concept Of “High Agency.” Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be: digitaltonto.com/2026/silicon...
Silicon Valley Pundits Are Obsessed With The Concept Of “High Agency.” Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be: | Digital Tonto
Silicon Valley pundits have become obsessed with the concept of high agency, popularized by Eric Weinstein, who described it this way: "When you're told that something is impossible, is that the end o...
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Protester networks are challenging Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s power. Here’s what every leader needs to learn www.fastcompany.com/91585004/pro...
Protester networks are challenging Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s power. Here’s what every leader needs to learn
Leaders are rarely undone by the hierarchies they control, but by the networks they ignore.
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The World Is Not Digital—And That’s Why Software Won’t Eat It digitaltonto.com/2026/the-wor...
The World Is Not Digital—And That’s Why Software Won’t Eat It | Digital Tonto
Fifty years ago, in 1976, life expectancy in the US was 72 years, vs. 78 today. American families typically had one car and one TV. Houses were smaller, nutrition was worse, we polluted like hell and ...
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The World Is Not Digital—And That’s Why Software Won’t Eat It digitaltonto.com/2026/4-thing...
4 Things I Learned Managing People | Digital Tonto
Teaching undergraduates gives you a different perspective on things. For many, they see their life already laid out: An analyst position at a prestigious bank or consulting firm after graduation, then...
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The Myth of the Hero’s Journey—And Why It’s Killing Change In Your Organization digitaltonto.com/2026/the-myt...
The Myth of the Hero’s Journey—And Why It’s Killing Change In Your Organization | Digital Tonto
The truth is that change is not a hero's journey. Just because you have a vision you believe in and are willing to fight for it doesn’t mean it will ever get any traction. That’s simply not how transf...
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Silicon Valley Pundits Are Obsessed With The Concept Of “High Agency.” Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be: digitaltonto.com/2026/silicon...
Silicon Valley Pundits Are Obsessed With The Concept Of “High Agency.” Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be: | Digital Tonto
Silicon Valley pundits have become obsessed with the concept of high agency, popularized by Eric Weinstein, who described it this way: "When you're told that something is impossible, is that the end o...
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Trust Is Broken. Here’s How We Rebuild It. digitaltonto.com/2026/trust-i...
Trust Is Broken. Here’s How We Rebuild It. | Digital Tonto
When the Covid pandemic hit in 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci became a household name. Signaling institutional authority, he stood behind a podium, wore a white coat, and talked passionately about the “scien...
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How The Knowing-Doing Gap Undermines Even The Best Ideas
How The Knowing-Doing Gap Undermines Even The Best Ideas | Digital Tonto
The human superpower is collaboration with other humans. We’re not particularly fast or strong, we can’t fly, and don’t have sharp claws or teeth. Yet, in "Tribal," cultural psychologist Michael Morri...
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How To Build A Culture Of Change digitaltonto.com/2026/how-to-...
How To Build A Culture Of Change | Digital Tonto
In his book "Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance," Lou Gerstner wrote, “Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game, it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity o...
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Leaders Need To Communicate Clearly. Here Are 3 Core Principles That Will Help You Do That digitaltonto.com/2026/leaders...
Leaders Need To Communicate Clearly. Here Are 3 Core Principles That Will Help You Do That | Digital Tonto
Sometimes the hardest thing is merely to make yourself understood. Things that change the world, or even a small part of it, always arrive out of context for the simple reason that the world hasn’t ch...
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Hunter Biden responded to Donald Trump’s speech with a statement noting that Trump’s own newly declassified documents undermine years of false claims about the Biden family:
Silicon Valley pundits are obsessed with the concept of ‘high agency.’ Here’s why you shouldn’t be: www.fastcompany.com/91570157/sil...
Silicon Valley pundits are obsessed with the concept of 'high agency.' Here’s why you shouldn’t be
'Feeling the power to make choices is not the same thing as making good ones.'
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How Great Leaders Create A Shared Identity | Digital Tonto
Every leader creates a shared identity, whether they are conscious of it or not. Often, they invoke a common enemy, such as a rival group, or a common threat, such as inefficiency, waste, or complacen...
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@peterbeinart.bsky.social I’m curious makes you think Russia’s actions in Ukraine don’t represent genocide. You have not only mass killing, but also destruction of Ukrainian language, culture and religion. This is not an attack. I just want to know if I’m missing something
