Mark S. Carroll
@markscarroll.bsky.social
Helping leaders and teams move from silos to synergy. 🤝
Author of Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams (coming soon).
Leadership • Culture • Smarter Collaboration
More at: markscarroll.substack.com
Author of Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams (coming soon).
Leadership • Culture • Smarter Collaboration
More at: markscarroll.substack.com
Substack in 1st Comment!
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Substack in 1st Comment!
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🇺🇸 Honoring Our Veterans 🇺🇸
Today, we salute those who served—protecting freedom through courage, sacrifice, and quiet strength.
Your legacy inspires us to lead with integrity and unity.
#VeteransDay #Honor #Service #Gratitude
Today, we salute those who served—protecting freedom through courage, sacrifice, and quiet strength.
Your legacy inspires us to lead with integrity and unity.
#VeteransDay #Honor #Service #Gratitude
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🇺🇸 Honoring Our Veterans 🇺🇸
Today, we salute those who served—protecting freedom through courage, sacrifice, and quiet strength.
Your legacy inspires us to lead with integrity and unity.
#VeteransDay #Honor #Service #Gratitude
Today, we salute those who served—protecting freedom through courage, sacrifice, and quiet strength.
Your legacy inspires us to lead with integrity and unity.
#VeteransDay #Honor #Service #Gratitude
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From 0 to 50+ — every step fueled by YOU.
Grateful. Fired up. Ready for the next chapter. 🔥
Thanks for helping my dream grow 🌳
Substack.Mark-Carroll.com
Grateful. Fired up. Ready for the next chapter. 🔥
Thanks for helping my dream grow 🌳
Substack.Mark-Carroll.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From 0 to 50+ — every step fueled by YOU.
Grateful. Fired up. Ready for the next chapter. 🔥
Thanks for helping my dream grow 🌳
Substack.Mark-Carroll.com
Grateful. Fired up. Ready for the next chapter. 🔥
Thanks for helping my dream grow 🌳
Substack.Mark-Carroll.com
🌙 Guinness made a can pour like a pint — quiet, consistent magic.
Leadership’s the same: not heroics, but steady systems people trust.
What system will you protect next week?
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Leadership’s the same: not heroics, but steady systems people trust.
What system will you protect next week?
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September 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🌙 Guinness made a can pour like a pint — quiet, consistent magic.
Leadership’s the same: not heroics, but steady systems people trust.
What system will you protect next week?
👉 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Leadership’s the same: not heroics, but steady systems people trust.
What system will you protect next week?
👉 substack.com/home/post/p-...
😅 Every “simple fix” at work = 3 meetings.
If Guinness solved foam with a plastic widget, maybe you don’t need another steering committee.
What’s the funniest over-engineered solution you’ve seen?
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If Guinness solved foam with a plastic widget, maybe you don’t need another steering committee.
What’s the funniest over-engineered solution you’ve seen?
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September 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
😅 Every “simple fix” at work = 3 meetings.
If Guinness solved foam with a plastic widget, maybe you don’t need another steering committee.
What’s the funniest over-engineered solution you’ve seen?
👉 substack.com/home/post/p-...
If Guinness solved foam with a plastic widget, maybe you don’t need another steering committee.
What’s the funniest over-engineered solution you’ve seen?
👉 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Cut Disney/ABC/Hulu/ESPN? Fill the gap with Criterion Channel.
• Deep library: classics/world/indies/docs
• Smart intros that never spoil
• No Disney ties—zero
• First 7 days cost $0.00
Try it: (link) 🎬 #CriterionChannel #Cinephile
• Deep library: classics/world/indies/docs
• Smart intros that never spoil
• No Disney ties—zero
• First 7 days cost $0.00
Try it: (link) 🎬 #CriterionChannel #Cinephile
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Cut Disney/ABC/Hulu/ESPN? Fill the gap with Criterion Channel.
• Deep library: classics/world/indies/docs
• Smart intros that never spoil
• No Disney ties—zero
• First 7 days cost $0.00
Try it: (link) 🎬 #CriterionChannel #Cinephile
• Deep library: classics/world/indies/docs
• Smart intros that never spoil
• No Disney ties—zero
• First 7 days cost $0.00
Try it: (link) 🎬 #CriterionChannel #Cinephile
🛑 Cancelled.
Disney owns ABC — and by Capitulating to an Authoritarian Administration in Silencing the Free Speech of Jimmy Kimmel, they’ve lost me as a customer.
#FreeSpeech #CancelDisney
Disney owns ABC — and by Capitulating to an Authoritarian Administration in Silencing the Free Speech of Jimmy Kimmel, they’ve lost me as a customer.
#FreeSpeech #CancelDisney
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🛑 Cancelled.
Disney owns ABC — and by Capitulating to an Authoritarian Administration in Silencing the Free Speech of Jimmy Kimmel, they’ve lost me as a customer.
#FreeSpeech #CancelDisney
Disney owns ABC — and by Capitulating to an Authoritarian Administration in Silencing the Free Speech of Jimmy Kimmel, they’ve lost me as a customer.
#FreeSpeech #CancelDisney
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
☕ From my 3PM Comic Break on Substack: Euphemism Hour
👉 Drop your team’s funniest euphemism in the comments — let’s build the real corporate dictionary together.Find my Substack in the 1st Comment!
👉 Drop your team’s funniest euphemism in the comments — let’s build the real corporate dictionary together.Find my Substack in the 1st Comment!
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
☕ From my 3PM Comic Break on Substack: Euphemism Hour
👉 Drop your team’s funniest euphemism in the comments — let’s build the real corporate dictionary together.Find my Substack in the 1st Comment!
👉 Drop your team’s funniest euphemism in the comments — let’s build the real corporate dictionary together.Find my Substack in the 1st Comment!
💀 The Approval Death Spiral: How Leaders Choke Momentum
Every “quick approval” = another stalled feature, delayed budget, or missed launch.
Smart leaders don’t hoard decisions—they put them closest to the work.
🚀 Read from the 1st Comment!
Every “quick approval” = another stalled feature, delayed budget, or missed launch.
Smart leaders don’t hoard decisions—they put them closest to the work.
🚀 Read from the 1st Comment!
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
💀 The Approval Death Spiral: How Leaders Choke Momentum
Every “quick approval” = another stalled feature, delayed budget, or missed launch.
Smart leaders don’t hoard decisions—they put them closest to the work.
🚀 Read from the 1st Comment!
Every “quick approval” = another stalled feature, delayed budget, or missed launch.
Smart leaders don’t hoard decisions—they put them closest to the work.
🚀 Read from the 1st Comment!
What I learned from embracing teamwork over lone wolf leadership. Check 1st Comment for full Substack Podcast video
August 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What I learned from embracing teamwork over lone wolf leadership. Check 1st Comment for full Substack Podcast video
AI Revolutionizes Workplace Collaboration for Leaders. Link in 1st Comment
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
AI Revolutionizes Workplace Collaboration for Leaders. Link in 1st Comment
Read the latest Business Insider article about me and my upcoming book 'Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams'
Link in 1st Comment!
Link in 1st Comment!
August 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Read the latest Business Insider article about me and my upcoming book 'Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams'
Link in 1st Comment!
Link in 1st Comment!
What Happens When Great Empires Collapse?
Find full video in 1st Comment on Substack!
The video examines the swift **fall of empires** throughout **world history**, emphasizing that even seemingly eternal powers are vulnerable. It serves as a **defining moment** to reflect on how they collapsed
Find full video in 1st Comment on Substack!
The video examines the swift **fall of empires** throughout **world history**, emphasizing that even seemingly eternal powers are vulnerable. It serves as a **defining moment** to reflect on how they collapsed
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
What Happens When Great Empires Collapse?
Find full video in 1st Comment on Substack!
The video examines the swift **fall of empires** throughout **world history**, emphasizing that even seemingly eternal powers are vulnerable. It serves as a **defining moment** to reflect on how they collapsed
Find full video in 1st Comment on Substack!
The video examines the swift **fall of empires** throughout **world history**, emphasizing that even seemingly eternal powers are vulnerable. It serves as a **defining moment** to reflect on how they collapsed
They say AI won’t take your job…
But the real punchline?
Someone who knows how to use AI will.
In this Short, we unpack the truth behind that viral saying—& why learning to collaborate with AI is your new career insurance policy. Don’t get replaced. Get fluent.
But the real punchline?
Someone who knows how to use AI will.
In this Short, we unpack the truth behind that viral saying—& why learning to collaborate with AI is your new career insurance policy. Don’t get replaced. Get fluent.
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
They say AI won’t take your job…
But the real punchline?
Someone who knows how to use AI will.
In this Short, we unpack the truth behind that viral saying—& why learning to collaborate with AI is your new career insurance policy. Don’t get replaced. Get fluent.
But the real punchline?
Someone who knows how to use AI will.
In this Short, we unpack the truth behind that viral saying—& why learning to collaborate with AI is your new career insurance policy. Don’t get replaced. Get fluent.
Harriet Tubman never shouted orders from the back. She walked first, carried the risk, & proved the way was safe.
That’s stewardship—NOT micro-management.
We don’t need more bosses. We need stewards.
Full post 👉 Substack Link in 1st Comment!
#Leadership #Collaboration
That’s stewardship—NOT micro-management.
We don’t need more bosses. We need stewards.
Full post 👉 Substack Link in 1st Comment!
#Leadership #Collaboration
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Harriet Tubman never shouted orders from the back. She walked first, carried the risk, & proved the way was safe.
That’s stewardship—NOT micro-management.
We don’t need more bosses. We need stewards.
Full post 👉 Substack Link in 1st Comment!
#Leadership #Collaboration
That’s stewardship—NOT micro-management.
We don’t need more bosses. We need stewards.
Full post 👉 Substack Link in 1st Comment!
#Leadership #Collaboration
🧯🪨🚀🧠🧭
Which team archetype are YOU right now?
After 20+ years in leadership & coaching, I’ve seen these 5 patterns everywhere — they’re not flaws, they’re survival strategies.
Spot yours. Start growing.
👇 Link in first reply.
#Leadership #Teamwork #Collaboration #ServantLeadership
Which team archetype are YOU right now?
After 20+ years in leadership & coaching, I’ve seen these 5 patterns everywhere — they’re not flaws, they’re survival strategies.
Spot yours. Start growing.
👇 Link in first reply.
#Leadership #Teamwork #Collaboration #ServantLeadership
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🧯🪨🚀🧠🧭
Which team archetype are YOU right now?
After 20+ years in leadership & coaching, I’ve seen these 5 patterns everywhere — they’re not flaws, they’re survival strategies.
Spot yours. Start growing.
👇 Link in first reply.
#Leadership #Teamwork #Collaboration #ServantLeadership
Which team archetype are YOU right now?
After 20+ years in leadership & coaching, I’ve seen these 5 patterns everywhere — they’re not flaws, they’re survival strategies.
Spot yours. Start growing.
👇 Link in first reply.
#Leadership #Teamwork #Collaboration #ServantLeadership
Is servant-leadership just leadership without decisions?
If everyone’s weighing in but no one owns it—you’re not collaborating. You’re swirling.
New post: 1st Link in Comments!
“Stop Bottlenecking. Start Leading.”
👇#Leadership #Collaboration #Agile
If everyone’s weighing in but no one owns it—you’re not collaborating. You’re swirling.
New post: 1st Link in Comments!
“Stop Bottlenecking. Start Leading.”
👇#Leadership #Collaboration #Agile
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Is servant-leadership just leadership without decisions?
If everyone’s weighing in but no one owns it—you’re not collaborating. You’re swirling.
New post: 1st Link in Comments!
“Stop Bottlenecking. Start Leading.”
👇#Leadership #Collaboration #Agile
If everyone’s weighing in but no one owns it—you’re not collaborating. You’re swirling.
New post: 1st Link in Comments!
“Stop Bottlenecking. Start Leading.”
👇#Leadership #Collaboration #Agile
Odin had raven spies. You have memory and meaning—if you reclaim them. Link in 1st Comment!
🎙️New podcast with Vale:
We talk improv, myth, AI, and what it takes to tell your story in a world that wants to write it for you.
🦅 Who would your raven spies report on?
🎙️New podcast with Vale:
We talk improv, myth, AI, and what it takes to tell your story in a world that wants to write it for you.
🦅 Who would your raven spies report on?
August 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Odin had raven spies. You have memory and meaning—if you reclaim them. Link in 1st Comment!
🎙️New podcast with Vale:
We talk improv, myth, AI, and what it takes to tell your story in a world that wants to write it for you.
🦅 Who would your raven spies report on?
🎙️New podcast with Vale:
We talk improv, myth, AI, and what it takes to tell your story in a world that wants to write it for you.
🦅 Who would your raven spies report on?
🚨 New Podcast Drop! 🚨
🎙️ Vale and Mark Ep. 1 is live!
“And All She Wants Is To Boss” 👠
We’re talking servant leadership, career climbing, & collaboration without the corporate nonsense.
🎧 Listen now: Link in 1st Comment!
🎙️ Vale and Mark Ep. 1 is live!
“And All She Wants Is To Boss” 👠
We’re talking servant leadership, career climbing, & collaboration without the corporate nonsense.
🎧 Listen now: Link in 1st Comment!
August 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 New Podcast Drop! 🚨
🎙️ Vale and Mark Ep. 1 is live!
“And All She Wants Is To Boss” 👠
We’re talking servant leadership, career climbing, & collaboration without the corporate nonsense.
🎧 Listen now: Link in 1st Comment!
🎙️ Vale and Mark Ep. 1 is live!
“And All She Wants Is To Boss” 👠
We’re talking servant leadership, career climbing, & collaboration without the corporate nonsense.
🎧 Listen now: Link in 1st Comment!