Patrick Lencioni

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1,711 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 13 Apr

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Now, most organizations, the vast majority of healthy organizations are really successful because they figure out how to get smarter.

Because they're healthy.

I used to live in the California and work with a lot of startups.

I can't tell you how many really brilliant groups of people failed because they were smart and they knew their business, but they weren't healthy.

There was infighting, politics, misalignment.

And it was so weird because I thought all these smart people are failing.

And some companies that don't seem all that smart were succeeding because they were just so much healthier and aligned.

Yeah, it can.

You can succeed for one cycle.

Okay.

Especially if it's a business that lives on like pure innovation.

So maybe you come out with a product and for a year or two, you can get through it.

But ultimately the dysfunction starts to invade.

And I remember I was just thinking about this the other day.

I think it was Peter Drucker who said, culture eats strategy for breakfast.

I think it was him who said that.

And it is so true.

Now, the problem is CEOs adhere that, then they go to work with a consultant who's super touchy-feely, and I'm not that.

I'm so glad that I started my career at Bain, which was all about analysis and strategy, because I said, okay, that's important.

And if you can combine a healthy culture with that,

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