The Courage Economy Podcast

The Courage Economy

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Nov 2

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Oct 3

The Lie Economy Explained

The corporate Lie Economy is everywhere and in every organization. This is not a leadership character flaw. Rather, it is a work design flaw. The Lie Economy grows from designing or work for comfort. People like me have advised leaders to create frictionless organizations where everyone gets along, harmony is a measure of team effectiveness, and no one’s feelings get hurt. This is wrong. The Lie Economy flourishes in such environments. The struggle is the point. The struggle is what creates great teams and organizations. And struggle, by definition, is painful. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 9

Incentives Matter

Most organizational development frameworks focus on trying to get you to change without taking into account the incentives that drive people’s behaviors. That is why they almost never work. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 4

The #1 Key to Organizational Success

I’ve been in the Organizational Development business for 30 years. This is the most important thing I have learned about organizational success. If I could transmit the most impactful lesson I’d like leaders to know - it is this. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 28

Community is not a nice to have - it is organizational infrastructure.

When I talk about community in your organization, I am met with stares. They think I am talking about something soft. Like, let’s hold hands and make our work comfortable. But that is not at all what I am talking about. I am talking about what happens when people go through the fire together and come out the other side. I am talking about what happens when people do not and cannot let each other down because they have picked each other up when the objective was difficult and important. That end-state is where The Courage Economy will lead you. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 25

Make Truth The Rational Choice

If you want trust, then work on something important enough that the truth becomes the rational choice. When the work isn’t that important, then don’t be surprised by any number of shenanigans. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 18

Why Does No One Trust Anyone Around Here?

We talk about trust all the time. But trust is only displayed in one way. ‘Consistent truth-telling under pressure’. When what you say and do has little consequence, then it means little. But when you tell the truth when the stakes are high, then people begin to have every reason to trust you. Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 11

Culture is what you reward, punish and tolerate.

Most leaders I work with want their culture to be different. They want it to be better, more nimble, more strategic, more innovative. Whatever you want to change in your organization, by and large you must first look to what you reward, punish, and tolerate. You want people to be more strategic? Start rewarding that behavior and stop hiring, developing, and promoting based on the tactical. You want more push back and debate? Stop punishing pushback and start rewarding it. The problem is, most leaders really don’t want to do this. The tactical HR leaders doesn’t really want her people to be strategic business partners because her organization is designed to fulfil the wishes of operational leaders. The operational leader doesn’t really want pushback because he doesn’t want to deal with having to debate and explain himself. Every lie in your organization holds something up or protects something. Dig deep enough and you’ll see why leaders say they want something but won’t actually do the things to get it. That is the corporate Lie Economy. The Courage Economy is available for pre-order at Amazon now - https://a.co/d/0bpsmGCU Get full access to The Courage Economy at thane.substack.com/subscribe

Transforming the Lie Economy One Leader at a Time thane.substack.com

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The Courage Economy
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2026
Episodes

16
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Clean
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© Thane Bellomo
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The Courage Economy Podcast