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All lives don’t matter… all lives can’t matter, until Black Lives Matter.
This is not going to be a typical Dowling Street Insight that you may have received from us in the past. It can’t be. Instead, today I’m going to share a personal message from my experiences and reflections over the last few weeks.
Read MoreDowling Street celebrated its 5th birthday at an anniversary celebration on January 17th at our headquarters in New York City. Clients, partners, friends and alumni all attended to commemorate the occasion and the road that has gotten us here.
Read MoreThe last in our seven-part series investigating the tension between the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio. In the last seven weeks, we’ve examined the history and context to understand the conflict, proposed a working theory as to its root cause, refined our theory after extensive research, and developed a comprehensive strategy to address our systemic challenge.
Read MoreWe’re entering the second half of our seven-part series analyzing the tensions between the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio. In the first three parts – the Diagnosis stage - we identified the underlying systemic challenge, which we believe to be the root cause behind the turmoil we saw in New York in the second half of 2014. And, last week in Part 4, we responded to our diagnosis by developing a comprehensive strategy to address this challenge.
Read MoreLast week, we celebrated our half-aversary. It's almost surprising how quickly six months went by and it feels like it was just yesterday that we were launching Dowling Street. While there's been quite a bit that has happened in in the first half of 2014, we never got a chance to share most it with you. So, I want to take this opportunity to let you know what we've been up to, share some of our big wins with you, and fill you in on what we're excited about for the next six months.
Read MoreNext week, Dowling Street will cross its first 100 days mark. This is a milestone for us and even though it feels like it flew right by, so much has already happened. And, these days, I’m routinely being asked, “What is it like to start a firm from scratch?” We view Dowling Street as our very own adaptive challenge. No one has done what we have set out to do in quite the same way. This gives us an opportunity to apply the Adaptive Leadership Framework, the same tools and expertise that with use with clients, on ourselves. Here are our top three lessons from our first 100 days.
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