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Content for Leaders, Entrepreneurs, & Professional Development - The Ascent Library

Matt Beckmann's cultivated reading list for leaders, executives, and anyone seeking personal and professional development

How to Thrive in the Project Economy

Matt Beckmann provides business leaders with a framework for success in the project economy

Make Strategic Thinking a Priority Again

Matt Beckmann discusses the importance of strategic thinking, and offers executives and leaders advice on how to make it a priority.

Client Case Study - Market Intelligence

An existing Client presented with a unique value-add technology that has broad potential applicability. Problem. The Client lacked the...

How Leaders Face Adversity, and Win

Last week, I discussed how “the pause” is a powerful tool for building awareness and perspective, and is the first step to unlocking your...

To Find Success, Eliminate this Type of Thinking

Matt Beckmann discusses why leaders and business owners must work to eliminate reductionist thinking, and how they can create better decisio

Lessons in Planning from Buffett & Bezos

“An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.” - Warren Buffett For many people “Plan” is a word that occupies space among...

A Roadmap to Better Decision Making: Reducing Cognitive Biases, part 3

Part 3 of how heuristics and cognitive bias can impact strategy, and how you can mitigate those effects.