Seth Sivak·Sep 3, 2025Building a Pliable CultureRigid cultures snap under pressure. Pliable cultures adjust and bend, but they don’t break.
Seth Sivak·Aug 29, 2025How to Train New ManagersThe biggest mistake companies make with management is treating it as the next rung on their current career ladder rather than a leap to a…
Seth Sivak·Aug 8, 2025The Busyness TrapBeing busy is seductive. We love to feel productive and that at the end of the day we did a lot of work. Unfortunately it is the impact of…
Seth Sivak·Jul 30, 2025Desire Paths: When Teams Carve Their Own RouteEvery leader has experienced the feeling of a team member taking a shortcut or short circuiting a process. It can be frustrating but it can…
Seth Sivak·Jul 23, 2025The Power of Calm UrgencyWhen a team can keep their cool when everything seems out of control, it is a true super power.
Seth Sivak·Jul 18, 2025Build Business First Using B-A-P-OAre you building an organization to create the right product or the right product that the current organization can build?
Seth Sivak·Jul 9, 2025Scenario Planning Beats a Perfect Plan“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seth Sivak·Jun 26, 2025How to Communicate DirectionThe most important job of any leader is to communicate the direction.
Seth Sivak·Jun 19, 2025Startups live or die by focus.But culture happens by design or by default. It starts forming the moment your team does.
Seth Sivak·May 15, 2025Proletariat Core Values: Week 5 — Be RespectfulThis is the final post in my five-part series on the core values from Proletariat Inc., how we wrote them, how we applied them, and how…
