Chess Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

Red Taped

Bargain bins are usually home to knock off sneakers, workout DVDs, XXXL- or XXXS -sized clothing, expired gourmet condiments, and misfit toys, but this week we struck gold by finding a copy of the management fable, Chess not Checkers by Mark Miller. This short fictional story about Blake, a former douche turned CEO, carefully balances leadership insight with cheesy story-telling. This is a fun discussion that includes, multiple movie/tv quotes, fond memories of our former purveyor of ointments, the strange overlap of crazy and genius, drinking like your grandpa, and the subtle art of getting employees to fire themselves.

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Drink: Gin & Tonic

Show Schedule:

1/28- I Moved Your Cheese by Deepak Malhotra

2/11- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

2/25- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams

3/11- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

References and Attributes:

Interview with author Mark Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0arxOxz3s&list=LLr-99XFH1ODOK52gAJk1Jjw&index=4&t=17s

Quotes:

Opening: TV, The Wire from the episode “The Buys” 2002

Interlude: Film, Training Day, 2001

Closing: Film, Independence Day, 1996