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Nick Richtsmeier

We make zombies here.

We make zombies here.

— OR — The unbearable lightness of zigging while the world zags ... FWD 124 Hold tight, chickadees while I briefly take you back to the roaring 1990s. Friends is the biggest show in the world, Rose is kicking Jack off that floating door as the Titanic sinks, and the world is waking

The conversations inspiring me

The conversations inspiring me

Fewer Marketers | Touch Grass | Better Workers | Authenticity

For the love, do less

For the love, do less

FWD 123: Why leaders so rarely produce leaders Not much keeps me up at night. Other than chronic pain, that is. Living with chronic illness is a really fun time, but that's a newsletter for a different day. One of the side benefits of living with years of

Hope IS a Strategy

Hope IS a Strategy

Right now, a lot of businesses are operating from a place of contraction. Taking what they can from a shrinking pie. But the winners? The ones who will make it through this moment and thrive? They’re not focused on getting a bigger slice—they’re focused on making a bigger pie

The only two things I require of a leader

The only two things I require of a leader

Catalytic leadership is the one requirement for any meaningful change. And growth is always change.

It's not you. It's the *gestures broadly* this 👉

It's not you. It's the gestures broadly this 👉

This polarization and degradation of trust at scale is incontrovertible and organizations that ignore its effects on how buyers buy and clients trust do so at their peril. Leaders say, "We don't know what happened. We used to have no problem getting new clients, now... if we're honest..."

You have to choose

You have to choose

Leaders imagine deep impact while running a business on "wide" actions. Margins are consumed. Prospects are confused. You can't be both broad and deep without spending ungodly amounts of usually someone else's money. It's time to decide.