Reducing Dependency on Talent through Rules
Posted on01 Apr 2013
Tagsadaptability, computers, organizational culture, employees, flexibility, instructions, logic, process, process management, rules, Talent, The Atlantic, Adam Davidson
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Rules are a form of logic especially when used in a series to form instructions. A step builds on the former step... Read More
Leaders, Followers, Individuals and Heroes
Posted on28 Mar 2013
Tagsinformal organizational power, individual, archetype, heroes, Lone Ranger, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Dirty Harry, power, leadership, formal organizational power
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“If you’re not a leader, you’re a follower.” You’ve heard this how many times? Yet, there is a third: people who don’t... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements
Posted on07 Mar 2013
Tagsattractiveness, awareness, competence, compliments, confidence, decisions, Influence, Performance, subliminity, team building, The Economist, Craig Roberts, University of Liverpool
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How we feel about ourselves influences our decisions, but it also influences how others feel about us. One of the more interesting... Read More
Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill
Posted on18 Feb 2013
Tagsproblem solving, employees, fear, fun, ignorance, inertia, Influence, leadership, management, management by walking around, military, coaching, resistance to change, training, uncertainty, warfare, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, approaches, change, change management
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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties.... Read More
Anatomy of Events
Posted on07 Feb 2013
Tagscrisis, employees, event, going with the flow, Influence, leadership, people, power, prevention, situation, time, Anatomy of an Event, Meteor Analogy, flow
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When we examine events, we tend to look at them too narrowly and statically. The advantage of the schematic in this post... Read More
Creators vs. Pruners: Personality Typing
Posted on28 Jan 2013
Tagscontent aggregators, content creators, Creator vs Pruner Analogy, process, problem solving, Personality, innovation, creativity, content, business
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In the development of ideas, we generally see two types of people: creators and pruners. While people often display both types, usually... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 14): Time Alone
Posted on14 Jan 2013
Tagsbrainstorming, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, introvert, Susan Cain, The Atlantic, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Gregory Feist, solitude
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Creativity and innovation requires alone time. In her article, “Hire Introverts,” The Atlantic (July/August 2012 edition) Susan Cain cites the work of... Read More
Lightning-rod Employee (Scapegoat)
Early on in my career, I witnessed a manager’s termination for the incompetence of her boss. The strategy he outlined for her... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 13): Overcoming Biases
One of the points Giovanni Gavetti makes in “The New Psychology of Strategic Leadership” (Harvard Business Review, July-August 2011 edition) about associative... Read More
Mobile Workforce: Less “Face Time,” Less Advancement
One day long ago, I was working late for an employer when the President walked into the department and commented, “You’re working... Read More