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Roger Sartain

Roger Sartain is a senior executive, strategist, and contributor at Mindset with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration. He writes about leadership, organizational design, and the operational decisions that determine whether teams and businesses scale or stall.
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Roger Sartain

Ed Catmull ran Pixar for 30 years and said the key to creative teams is making it safe to show ugly work early

Catmull's Braintrust model required directors to show rough cuts to peers for…

Susan Cain spent seven years researching introverts and found that open offices cut their productivity by up to 30%

Cain's Quiet research challenged the extrovert ideal that dominates most workplaces. Her…

5 positioning mistakes that make your business invisible to ideal clients

In a crowded market, the clearest brand wins — not the loudest.…

How to build an AI governance policy your team will actually follow

Shadow AI is more dangerous than sanctioned AI because it happens without…

How to automate your team’s reporting without losing the human insight

The most dangerous report is the one nobody reads critically Deloitte's 2026…