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Category Archives: Leadership
Two Types of People
There are two types of people in the corporate world. Those that ship product. Those that explain how they’re planning to get a team together to build the requirements to gain the approval to get the funding to hire the … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Leadership, Philosophy, Rants
Tagged leadership, organization, product development
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Ideas + Attention = Leadership
We don’t follow titles. We don’t follow companies. We don’t even follow people. We follow ideas. Nobody worth interacting with cares what your rank is, what box you occupy on the org chart, who you work for or what your … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organization, Philosophy
Tagged attention, change, ideas, leadership
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The Disadvantage is Really an Advantage
Simon Sinek does it again, reminding us that those looking for failings in ourselves or in our companies are looking in the wrong place. It’s too easy to criticize, too easy to Monday-morning quarterback. Cheerleading our strengths and successes often … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy
Tagged advantages, leadership, Simon Sinek, strengths
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The Danger of Now
Now is what you focus on when you don’t have the courage to make big decisions about the future. Now is what makes managers scurry around in a panic , while leaders calmly think about next year. Now is a … Continue reading
Business = People
“If you don’t understand people, you don’t understand business.” Simon Sinek hits the nail on the head in an important talk at Behance’s recent design conference. Worth the time and it all starts with Why?
Posted in Branding, Leadership, Philosophy
Tagged communication, Sinek, Why
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I Like Ike
Although business is not usually like war, in that nobody gets shot in meetings, the business world can learn a lot from our military. Let’s take a lesson from General, later President, Dwight David Eisenhower that can help us reduce … Continue reading
Constraints: A Shortcut to Success
It’s still budget season across corporate America and we’re getting to crunch time. In the first pass of the budget, you invariably include all your wishes for the coming year. What new initiatives you’d like to take, why, and what … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged budgeting, finance, leadership, planning
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When you’re in trouble, the world does not form an opinion about your character based on what you say. Rather, judgement is based on the length of the line and the stature of those in line who defend you. Like … Continue reading
Friday, 22 July 2011 4:00 am
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Planning to Kill Creativity
It’s annual planning time for big corporations and many of us are working feverishly on revenue and expense forecasts for existing products, planning our three year product roadmaps, capital budgets, new initiatives and the like. It’s all very important, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Product Development
Tagged creativity, Innovation, planning, product development
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Minimum Viable Work Product
I love the concept of the Lean Startup. But does the philosophy work for those of us who work for larger corporations or who are entrepreneurs? I won’t get started on my opinions on most Product Management and Product Marketing Management … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Product Development
Tagged agile, lean, product development, startup
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