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Category Archives: Philosophy
Stock Quotes on Home Pages
What does it say about a company which prominently puts their stock quote on the home page of their website? The guys who really own your stock–the institutional investors, hedge funds, and so on–don’t get their quotes from your website. … Continue reading
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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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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Crack Open an Academic, Find an Entrepreneur
At PWC’s Diamond Exchange yesterday, where I am the dumbest person in the room and loving it, I heard an interesting assertion by Justin Hall-Tipping. He said that “all university professors are fundamentally entrepreneurs.” After all, where else can you … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged entrepreneurship, ideas, thinking
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Lessons From Saguaro
I spent part of Sunday on a nature hike in Catalina State Park, outside Tucson. Like many visitors, I was in awe of the giant saguaro cacti that formed, in certain locations, a veritable cacti forest. Our guide was extremely … Continue reading
Someone’s Going to Sum You Up One Day
I originally wrote this on October 2, 2009 on my Facebook account. I just found it through Facebook’s new Timeline feature and thought I’d republish it here. —————————————— Great opinion piece from Peggy Noonan in the Journal today. It’s about the need … Continue reading
Squirrels: Just Say No
Squirrels are interesting. They’re cute, have a lot of energy and are soft and cuddly. But chasing after squirrels is a waste of time. You never catch them and, even if you did, they’re not much use. In short, squirrels … Continue reading
How Many Hours?
How many hours did you work last week? How many meetings did you go to? How many sales calls did you make yesterday? It doesn’t matter. As ROWE reminds us in a post, tracking time is insane. The only thing … Continue reading
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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