Using the cards in a business setting
The Simple Truths cards are now being taken up by businesses. The cards help to identify issues that might otherwise be glossed over. Some examples:
Setting strategy
Tangled sentence might be ‘I will never be ready'
Untangled sentence might be ‘When I succeed, I will acknowledge those who helped'
Recruitment
Tangled sentence might be ‘I see you as something you are not'
Untangled sentence might be ‘I will open the door'
Leadership
Tangled sentence might be ‘I’ll spoil it for those who come after'
Untangled sentence might be ‘I asked too little'
Team dynamics
Tangled sentence might be ‘I am not good enough'
Untangled sentence might be ‘Please accept me'
An executive education workshop at Rotterdam Business School, in the summer of 2025.
Participants used a colourised version of the Simple Truths cards to articulate issues in the businesses they were running.
