Technology has already dissolved geographic borders, while a new generation of workers has fundamentally redrawn the line between career and life. In this modern landscape, entrepreneurs can either cling to the “best practices” of the past or embrace a future built on flexibility and trust.
The other day I idly opened TikTok to find a video of a young woman refinishing an old hollow-bodied electric guitar. It was a montage of close-up shots—looking over her shoulder as she sanded and scraped the wood, peeled away the frets, expertly patched the cracks with filler, and then spray-painted it a radiant purple.…