HOW TO BUILD A CULTURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE

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Mar 30, 2025

✈️ How Southwest Airlines Built a High-Performance Culture

The airline that turned culture into a competitive weapon.

Alex Ayin

Mar 23, 2025

The Foxhole Test: A Simple Framework for Building High-Performance Teams

If you had to go to battle, who would you want in your foxhole?

Alex Ayin

Mar 16, 2025

How Spotify Avoids the Growing Pains That Slow Most Teams Down

How to use Spotify's "smart boundaries" framework to scale a high-performance culture without slowing teams down.

Alex Ayin

✈️ How Southwest Airlines Built a High-Performance Culture

The airline that turned culture into a competitive weapon.

Alex Ayin

Mar 23, 2025

The Foxhole Test: A Simple Framework for Building High-Performance Teams

If you had to go to battle, who would you want in your foxhole?

Alex Ayin

Mar 16, 2025

How Spotify Avoids the Growing Pains That Slow Most Teams Down

How to use Spotify's "smart boundaries" framework to scale a high-performance culture without slowing teams down.

Alex Ayin

Mar 09, 2025

Steph Curry's Look-Away Shot: The Ultimate Power Move

What you can learn from Steph that will make you a more confident and effective leader.

Alex Ayin

Mar 02, 2025

Social Loafing Theory: Why Bill Russell Was A Great Captain

Bill Russell and Carles Puyol proved that winning isn’t about talent alone, it’s about the right leader holding it all together!

Alex Ayin

Feb 23, 2025

Germany’s Handball Gold: The #1 Lesson From Their First Olympic Win

Most teams fail because they prioritise comfort over commitment. Here’s how the German Handball head coach created unbreakable team cohesion and how you can do the same.

Alex Ayin

Feb 16, 2025

8 Leadership Tactics From England Rugby's World Cup Victory

How Clive Woodward borrowed ideas from the Navy SEALs and NFL, innovated ruthlessly, and built a team that made history in 2003.

Alex Ayin

Feb 09, 2025

Microsoft’s Tactic To Reduce Improvement Debt: The Silent Killer of Growth

The hidden cost of standing still: How to build a culture of continuous improvement.

Alex Ayin

Feb 02, 2025

How NASA, Special Forces, and Apple Make Better Decisions: The Stepladder Technique

Discover how the world’s most innovative teams approach tough decisions with clarity and precision.

Alex Ayin

Jan 26, 2025

Moneyball Meets Business: The Playbook for Driving Performance

Discover the groundbreaking strategy that disrupted baseball (MLB) so you can rethink the metrics that matter, uncover hidden talent and build a high-performing team.

Alex Ayin