The Mythfits
A sarcastic cartoon series about fallible and controversial corporate people who fit some outdated myths, yet misfit the right way of leadership.
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Executive bubble
Leadership requires a relentless pursuit of unfiltered reality, as the higher you climb, the thicker the “information bubble” tends to become. When leaders lose proximity to the front lines, they begin making high-stakes decisions based on sanitized data and optimistic reports rather than the ground truth. Maintaining direct access to the raw, unvarnished challenges of the organization is the only way to ensure your strategy remains grounded in practical execution rather than executive theory.
What is your go-to method for popping the “executive bubble” and getting the real story from your team? -
Not learning from mistake
Mistake is not the issue – not learning from it is.
Failure is never a dead end; it is a high-value data point that reveals exactly where your strategy or process requires refinement. The real risk to an organization isn’t the initial error, but the institutional arrogance or stagnation that allows the same mistake to happen twice.
What is one specific lesson a recent mistake taught you that you would never have learned from a success? -
Living with the problem
Stop treating your persistent organizational issues like permanent roommates. When we normalize inefficiencies or “work around” deep-seated friction, we aren’t being resilient—we are becoming complacent. This gradual acceptance of broken processes drains collective energy and masks the underlying rot that eventually leads to systemic failure. Leadership isn’t about mastering the art of the detour; it’s about having the courage to stop the car and fix the engine.
Where in your current workflow are you simply “living with” a problem that actually needs a permanent solution? -
Safe innovation
The traditional innovation funnel often acts as a filter for risk rather than a catalyst for growth, inadvertently prioritizing “safe” iterations over disruptive breakthroughs. When we reward the path of least resistance, we trade long-term market leadership for short-term consensus, resulting in incremental noise that fails to move the needle. True differentiation requires the courage to protect radical ideas from being diluted by the very processes meant to refine them. To truly break through the clutter, we must shift the focus from surviving the funnel to how we can champion the unconventional.
What specific challenges are you facing in getting your most ambitious projects through your company’s approval process? -
Peer pressure
In the management landscape, we often overlook the “horizontal squeeze,” yet peer dependency is frequently the most rigid constraint on a leader’s velocity. While vertical pressure is expected from executives (expectations) or direct reports (emotional complexities and competence matters), peer-level friction creates invisible bottlenecks where cross-functional silos or misaligned incentives can effectively paralyze your progress. Navigating this requires a shift from mere cooperation to strategic influence, ensuring that your success isn’t held hostage by the priorities—or lack thereof—of those sitting right next to you. Master the art of peer alignment, or find yourself trapped in a heavy dependency that no amount of upward or downward management can resolve.
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