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Teams don’t rise to the level of their potential. They fall to the level of their conversations.

That’s the idea behind this newsletter. Every week, I dig into research, real stories, and frameworks that help leaders and teams build cultures through hard conversations.

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Over 700 in-depth articles on teamwork, organizational culture, leadership, and the conversations that drive all of it. Every issue challenges a topic and provides a fresh look (from the trenches, not theory).

The Culture Design Canvas, used by 500,000 professionals and consultants worldwide, was born from insights from 1,500 workshops. So was Forward Talk, the framework for breaking conversational debt.

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About Me

Gustavo Razzetti is a culture change instigator, bestselling author, and CEO of Fearless Culture. He has led more than 1,500 workshops with teams at Mars, Microsoft, Merck, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, Forbes, and Psychology Today.

His latest book Forward Talk offers a bold new method to fight Conversational Debt and help teams move forward.

Gustavo also created AskGus.ai, an AI version of himself if you want to pick his brain between issues.

He’s a passionate chef, road cyclist, and scuba diver.

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Speaking Website: gustavorazzetti.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gustavorazzetti

YouTube: youtube.com/c/fearlessculture

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