Before any conference, set 3 people to meet and 3 questions for each.

Instead of solutions, ask GROW: Goal-Reality-Options-Will — let person craft his solution.

Turn a vague goal into a specific, measurable, time-bound formulation.

A one-page document answering: why we are a team, how we work, how we measure success.

5 questions every Friday: did reports decide without me? If not, why?

3-5 sentences answering: why are you here? For whom? By what values? Guides next years' decisions.

Intersection of 4 Japanese circles: what you love, are good at, world needs, can be paid for. Ikigai = your purpose.

Imagine your death 40 years from now. Write the obituary you'd want read. Reveals purpose.

Write a 1000-word letter to whoever succeeds you in 20 years. Lessons? Mistakes? What matters most?