Why Is a Verb: Stephen Butler on Turning Purpose into Productivity in the Age of AI
Stephen Butler joins Travis Stoliker to talk about Why Is a Verb: How Well-Managed Teams Turn Purpose into Productivity—the book he wrote with coauthor Karissa Price after recognizing what McKinsey calls the purpose gap: 85% of senior leaders say they’re living their purpose at work, versus 15% of everyone else.
Stephen explains why purpose is a verb, not a whiteboard exercise, a constant cycle of discovery, learning, and impact, and tells the story of the young woman who felt “like a musician who had a great instrument and knew that she knew the music, but couldn’t hear herself play.”
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