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This episode is the one I did not expect to learn from. Three leaders from three different companies built Winnebago Connect together. That should not have worked. Usually when you put that many stakeholders in a room you get politics, slow decisions, and a product that reflects the committee instead of the customer. These guys did the opposite. They built something real and they did it fast. What surprised me was how honest they were about the hard parts. I sat down with Mar

Three competitors walked into a room and built one product. That almost never happens. Companies in the same space are trained to watch each other, copy each other, and win at each other's expense. Collaboration between competitors is rare because the incentives point the other way. Winnebago Connect is the exception. It is the same product I covered in the last episode, but this time I wanted to go deeper with the two people who actually built it together. Mark Fecker, CEO o

Overnight success is not a real thing. I know that sounds obvious, but most people believe in it on some level, and that belief is the thing quietly undermining their consistency. They execute a plan for six weeks, see no dramatic result, and start looking for a different plan. Then they do it again. Then again. Professional development built on a rotating series of plans is not development. It is distraction with good intentions. The Moment That Caught Me Off Guard There was