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Category Archives: Leadership
Groupthink: A Caution for Summer Planners
The classic article Groupthink was just brought to my attention via RSS feed. Most of us have heard of the 1952 article, but how many have read it recently or at all? If you’re taking part in summer strategy or … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy
Tagged budgeting, planning, strategy, thinking
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Remember D-Day
At 0016 hours today, the Horsas began to crash-land near the Caen Canal in Normandy, France. The liberation of Europe was under way. Over 24,000 young men jumped from planes or landed in gliders to support the 160,000 men who … Continue reading
Clerks as CEOs
Zynga buys OMGPOP for $180 million–a terrific win for all involved. So CEO Dan Porter took the opportunity to throw one of his team under the bus when he declined a job offer from Zynga. Why not just ignore it and … Continue reading
Real Innovation…
…changes the courses of industries, if not society. Real innovation gives us the lightbulb, Linux, and the Internet. Real innovation also breaks your company’s current profit model, organizational structure and strategies. Real innovation is also messy, scary and “dangerous” to … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Communications, Leadership, Product Development
Tagged communications, product development, Simon Sinek, Why
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Should Society Let Us Exist?
When new CEOs are installed at companies, they’ll often set their agenda not by what they say, but by the questions they ask. On becoming IBM’s CEO, Sam Palmisano only asked four questions in his first meeting. I think they’re … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organization, Strategy
Tagged corporations, IBM, leadership, society
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Don’t Ask Permission
Indicate your intent instead. Simon Sinek tells the story of a top U.S. Navy submarine commander who made one very simple change–sharing intention instead of asking permission–to improve the performance of his ship and crew. This subtle change is really … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Leadership
Tagged initiative, leadership, millitary, ownership, Simon Sinek
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Agile Aspirations for 2012 Inspired by Simon Sinek
A recent post from Peter Saddington on Agile Scout brought Simon Sinek to top of mind, once again. This is an inspiring way to start 2012 and worth a view. Simon’s famous quote is worth republishing here: “The goal is … Continue reading
Posted in Communications, Leadership, Philosophy
Tagged agile, aspirations, Simon Sinek
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Graduate School: Where CEOs Become Stupid?
Good post from David Pogue on December 15th about what he learned while teaching a course at Columbia Business School. He was amazed at the complete lack of business understanding by the so-called best and brightest at Columbia’s B-school, one … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Leadership, Organization, Philosophy
Tagged CEO, MBA, organization, profitability
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Steve Jobs Sets Back Leadership 20 Years
Steve Jobs is one of my heroes and a man who achieved his objective of “putting a dent in the universe.” I enjoyed reading Walter Isaacson’s biography “Steve Jobs” because it gave me insight into the motivation behind the man … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Predictions
Tagged apple, books, predictions
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Problems With Good Ideas
Good ideas have two major problems. They spread. They divert attention from bad ideas. Let’s look at the first problem with this image as the illustration. Regardless of what you think about the Occupy movement, you’ll have to agree that … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organization
Tagged attention, ideas, leadership
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