THE DAMN RULES
How Vulnerability, Inefficiency, and Love Liberate Leaders from the Trustbroken Economy
The effects of the current economy on businesses, non-profits, and communities well-documented. And playing by the rules of that game is extracting billions from the pockets of everyday entrepreneurs and communities.
Leaders don’t need more commentary, they need a way forward. A different game. An expansive one, that brings them back to their deepest instincts of purpose and ethical growth and unwinds their dependencies on the wasteful systems pressed in around us. The Damn Rules are the way.
Currently pre-orders are only available for Kindle. Don't worry we hate Amazon as much as the next crew, other links for other retailers will be up soon.History’s Greatest Economy should not be a Faustian bargain.
And yet, venture leaders from professional services, to community builders to non-profit institutions have spent the last decade or more being wedged into a techno-extractive landscape where the rents to Silcon Valley monopolies keep going up and the trust keeps going down.
You’ve likely been given the impression this is your only option. That is a lie.
In our age of systemic upheaval across economies and politics, the Extractive game appears to be the only game in town. But the Expansive game, with a different set of rules is there for the taking. Purpose-driven and ethical growth companies intuitively know this, but are left in the lurch as to how to build differently.
Not anymore.
I’ve spent 25 years in transformational leadership helping heart-forward, passionate leaders who want to build something that lasts and reflects their values. this book is the summation of all that I’ve learned about building healthy and expansive ventures during that time.
I wrote it for the true believers, the future makers, the compassionate leaders, the people who want their work to matter. I wrote it for you. Because you can and should be free.
Nick Richtsmeier
Author of The Damn Rules
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The Damn Rules is not just a fieldguide for ethical growth in the Trustbroken Era. It is a launching pad for a generation of leaders who won’t allow themselves to be sorted into worrying hand-wringers on one side, and complicit tenants of the extractive machine on the other.
Members of The Damn Team launch initiative get advanced training, access for your teams, major discounts, and not without its benefits, some cool swag.