Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama

”“”Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama is a wonderful book. It provides leaders with tools and techniques to unleash the full creativity of the organization and underscores what leaders must do to clarify their own thoughts and feelings, to better guide themselves and the rest of their team.“” —Gene Kim, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unicorn Project, The Phoenix Project, and DevOps Handbook “”Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama is the book I wish I had fifteen years ago as I started building my first company, or even five years ago as I started building my family. Janice and Jason Fraser have written an exceedingly practical guide to making decisions and pursuing progress with tactics and tools that apply to every dimension of life.“” —Christina Wallace, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School and Author of The Portfolio Life and New to Big ““Janice and Jason Fraser have managed to write a leadership book that is incredibly useful both for ‘elite’ leaders of large organizations as well as for ‘regular’ leaders—those of us who don’t have high-powered corporate positions or huge responsibilities, but who nonetheless find ourselves leading others in decision-making, big or small, work-related or not.”” —Meg McLaughlin, Deputy Director, Presidential Personnel Office, President Barack Obama (Retired) “”Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama is the actionable how-to manual for the modern leader I’ve been waiting for. The authors give us permission to swap out the outdated, cookie-cutter ‘old boys club’ methods and swap in a more inclusive, collective, intentional way of leading - for the rest of us.“” —Femily, Gender/Equity Advisor Executive Director, American Association of Corporate Gender Strategists ““Janice and Jason Fraser have helped me think in new ways about how I can unlock potential to create breakthrough performance and accelerate progress with sales teams and customers … Their work enables leaders to eliminate distractions to help teams execute with speed and precision, in environments of extremeuncertainty, when youhave a fraction of the information you’d like to have, but need to make decisions and deliver outcomes fast. Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama grounds these enabling tools with insight, humor, and humility.”” —Keith Salisbury, Chief Revenue Officer, ASAPP and Former Navy SEAL ““This book is an indispensable distillation of decades of experience helping teams, families, and organizations of all sizes make progress. In these pages Janice and Jason guide us through four simple leadership motions, connect theory to practice through engaging examples, and make them actionable by providing all the tools and frameworks you could hope for to tackle each of them in your own way.”” —Martin Eriksson, Product Partner, EQT Ventures and Co-Founder, Mind the Product ““The Frasers’ practical framework is a panacea for anyone grappling with how to be an effective leader as we stagger into this confusing and complex era. I am so pleased to see the techniques that I have long admired in their work distilled so cleanly in this book.”” —Edward Hieatt, Senior Vice President, VMware “”Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama engages the potential of people to create new possibilities for organizations. With strategies that are easy to enact and tools that are simple to use, this book is an essential tool for me as both a coach and a leader.Whether you work in the private orpublic sector,having this by your side will help you thrive in even the most daunting circumstances.“” —Tyrome Smith, Director of Strategic Partnership,Common Mission Project & formerly Innovation at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ““I met Janice and Jason at the beginning of my product design career … They taught me how co-creation trumps selling ideas, that the best ideas emerge when we amplify the quieter voices in the room, and that leading with less ego leads to far greater impact. Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama is for leaders, yes that’s you, who want to make an impact with empathy and authenticity.”” —Leslie Yang, Senior Design Manager at Lyft ““In a world where things move fast and get complex while you are trying to slow down and focus, the Four Leadership Motions proposed in Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama are the effective easiness you were looking for. Theygiveeveryone a ‘common horizon to head toward,’ filled with empathy that speaks from experience, humbleness, and community.”” —Alejandra Dancuart, Senior Product Owner, Colectivo23“

Janice Fraser is an investor, speaker, and expert in the management practices to support disruptive innovation at scale. A Silicon Valley veteran, she’s built a storied career as a product manager, founder, facilitator, and confidant for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. But her impact extends beyond the Valley with innovation and transformation projects at NASA, the Obama White House, Procter and Gamble, and many other companies in the Fortune 500. As an investor, she is particularly committed to championing and extending access to the brilliant entrepreneurs who are typically underrepresented in the world of venture-backed startups.

Jason Fraser co-founded the Innovation and Transformation Practice at Pivotal Software, establishing the values, practices, and strategic vision that would modernize software development within the Fortune 100 and the U.S. Military. He’s currently a director on the Federal team at VMWare, working with some of the largest organizations in the world to create high-functioning, rapid product development capabilities, and to break through the human barriers that block innovation.

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