by neil@godozen.com | Aug 13, 2026 | Articles
Education & The Capability Crisis™ What it means to become capable in the twenty-first century. LET’S HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION Education has become exceptionally good at preparing people for examinations. It is less effective at preparing them for life....
by neil@godozen.com | Jul 16, 2026 | Articles
Leadership & The Capability Crisis™ LET’S HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION Most leaders were promoted before they were prepared to lead. Think about that for a moment. We spend years preparing people for technical competence. Then one day, we promote them into...
by neil@godozen.com | Jul 13, 2026 | Articles
Leadership & The Capability Crisis™ — An Aside LET’S HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION Almost every discussion about the future of work asks the wrong question. How do we protect jobs? How do we safeguard industries? How do we redistribute wealth? They are all...
by neil@godozen.com | Jun 18, 2026 | Articles
Work & The Capability Crisis™ BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TEARING THEIR HAIR OUT. Not because young people are unintelligent. Quite the opposite. The complaint isn’t intelligence. The complaint is capability. And the gap between the two is showing up earlier than...
by neil@godozen.com | May 22, 2026 | Articles
Confidence & The Capability Crisis™ MOST PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED AND INTELLIGENTBUT NOT PREPARED. That is not an attack on education. It is an observation about modern life. We have become extraordinarily good at transferring knowledge. Less good at developing...
by neil@godozen.com | Jan 15, 2026 | Articles
When Growth Arrives, Everything Is Revealed There is a saying in finance: “When the tide goes out, you see who’s been swimming naked.” In business, growth does the same thing. You can run a small company on goodwill, heroic effort, and a few talented people holding...
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