Back to my old commando life… A huge training complex was created for this operation so nothing was left to chance. The small combat room in the center of the military base simulated the building in which the terrorists were holed up. Several stalls represented the bazaar surrounding the terrorist hideout in Nablus. Streetlights were…
One of the biggest threats to your company’s productivity is poor communication within teams. Silence among team members is a clear problem. But just as damaging—though less obvious—is the flood of emails and endless meetings that masquerade as communication while actually diminishing a team’s ability to collaborate. Fortunately, there’s a simple yet powerful tool that…
Optimizing Your Organizational Machine: A Guide to Streamlined Business Success In today’s fast-paced business environment, inefficiencies in your organizational structure can lead to wasted time, frustrated employees, and stagnating growth. Are you caught up in micromanagement or struggling with bottlenecks in your value creation process? If so, it’s time to optimize your organizational machine for…
In Chapter 2 of « 100 Weeks to Scale, » Lionel delves into the significance of fundamental values in building a successful team and scaling up a company. Through personal anecdotes and industry observations, the chapter explores the essence of values such as uniqueness, execution, and modularity. The narrative begins with a gripping tale of twenty-two individuals,…
April 2007, Ramallah. Our Trojan horse was stationed near Amin Lubada’s house. He’s a notorious terrorist, wanted for years for masterminding seven bombings that injured and killed dozens of innocent people. There we were, twelve elite commandos in the IDF, immersed in the silence and total darkness of a windowless truck, in the heart of…
