An essential aspect of leadership is focus. The digital world (and the demons within) wants your attention. At Sony we had a simple process for dealing with the demons.

A year ago, we all saw the end of the pandemic just a few months off. Yet, here we are twelve months later, and it is clear we are in this for the long haul. So, I have three simple thoughts that will guide me this year. I guess you can call them my leadership resolutions:

Executives without experience in bringing new ventures to life — whether as entrepreneurs, business leaders, those with transformation responsibilities or other change agents — often think that planning a new venture is like planning for an existing business. It isn’t.