The most unlikely executive group you’ll ever see – A Portable Feast – Medium

The most unlikely executive group you’ll ever see – A Portable Feast – Medium

Ok, so maybe it’s the VP level of the company, but regardless there are so many completely counterintuitive things to take note of in this totally-worth-it 14 minute video on Balvenie Distillery. Here are some pretty radical things that I noticed about leadership and company culture in this business.

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"It's Just Business"
"It's Just Business"

…said everybody who has ever worn a suit and tie. It’s one of those ubiquitous phrases that gets thrown around to reference some hidden standard of “dealings” that we have all inadvertently ascribed to.

Finish (part 2)
Finish (part 2)

I got some really interesting responses to Part One of this writing. One of them pointed me to Theseus’s Paradox,

Finish (part 1)
Finish (part 1)

As a kid I used to avidly build model airplanes. I had this euphoric moment when I would open the box, all it’s aerodynamic pieces in perfect order, connected in a shapely grid by tiny, invisible joinery. Layered in perfect component parts. 

The Ordinary – A Portable Feast
The Ordinary – A Portable Feast

Nothing is more contrary to the modern notion of success than “Ordinary”.

BE SOMEONE! DO SOMETHING! ACHIEVE!

Are phrases screamed in our ears every second from all directions. Ads, the shows we watch, the self-help books we read. They all make the grand claim that we can do better.

“New look, Same Great taste.” – A Portable Feast – Medium
“New look, Same Great taste.” – A Portable Feast – Medium

Someone needs to be fired for imagining that this statement ever deserves to be used, or written, or printed.

The most unlikely executive group you’ll ever see – A Portable Feast – Medium
The most unlikely executive group you’ll ever see – A Portable Feast – Medium

Ok, so maybe it’s the VP level of the company, but regardless there are so many completely counterintuitive things to take note of in this totally-worth-it 14 minute video on Balvenie Distillery. Here are some pretty radical things that I noticed about leadership and company culture in this business.

Change
Change

That’s a pretty popular and powerful word in the 21st century. It got a president or 2 elected, it inspired the Civil Rights movement, and it’s something I get way too much of at the Farmer’s Market (seriously, make those peas an even $2, I don’t need the 2 cents back for $1.98 peas).

More Better
More Better

This writing is a response to my last article on the practicalities of Less is more thinking. One of the responses I got to that article was from a dear friend and it went like this:

Less Is More
Less Is More

Everything is about More. More is better. Even more, even better. It expands exponentially like we all wish our investment accounts would do. When we make the claim that we know more about “More” today than we ever have, this graph seems to perfectly capture it.

Listen
Listen

Some days are filled with extremely distinct interactions. In one of these you have moments of clarity, clearly defined and separated. You can remember everything you did because everything was worth remembering.