Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #2 Integration, Holism
At number two in my top-seven list of Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: And therefore I say:... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #4 Change
Posted on20 Jun 2013
Tagschange, control, cyclical change model, five elements, fundamental attribution error, hubris, Influence, negative thinking, risk, success, Sun Tzu, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, Talent, The Art of War
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At number four in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Of the five... Read More
Leadership as a Dependent of Conditions
Posted on23 May 2013
TagsBoris Groysberg, certainty, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, conditionality, control, fundamental attribution error, Harvard Business Review, J.C. Penney, James Surowiecki, leadership, Nitin Nohria, Ron Johnson, security, success, Talent, Target Corporation, The New Yorker, training, Warren Buffett
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If we awoke one day with amnesia with life totally scrambled, would we have the same leaders? In his article, “The Turnaround... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #7 Effective Orders
Posted on18 Apr 2013
Tagschange, command, employees, executive, formal organizational power, leadership, machismo, morale, organization, Pollyannaism, prioritization, success, Sun Tzu, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, The Art of War
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Responses to my original Sun Tzu post have encouraged me to write more about important Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of... Read More
Competition, Success & Testosterone
Posted on10 Dec 2012
Tagsaggressive, Challenge, Charlotte Markley, competition, competitive, conscious, control, free will, Patrick Markey, rational actor theory, risk, Rutgers, success, testosterone, The Economist, Villanova University
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Many chemical reactions occur in our bodies. This we know, but how they affect our decisions and actions is another matter. The... Read More
Word Power: “Money” vs. “Time”
Posted on08 Nov 2012
Tagsachievement, anchoring, Cassie Mogilner, conscious, feelings, goal setting, happiness, Harvard Business Review, Influence, money, organizational culture, politics, power, staying on message, subconscious, success, thinking process, time, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, Wharton, word choice, words
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When we think about the power of words, we often focus on the ideas they consciously express. However, their power extends unconsciously... Read More
Over Thinking Decisions (Pt 2): Warning Signs
Posted on24 Sep 2012
TagsClaude Steele, creativity, decisions, expectations, Ian Leslie, information, innovation, Intelligent Life, Over Thinking Series, Performance, Stanford University, success, thinking process
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In Part I, I introduced Over Thinking (OT) referencing Ian Leslie’s article, “Non Cogito, Ergo Sum,” (Intelligent Life, May/June 2012 edition) and... Read More
When Does Optimism Become Pollyannaism?
In “Before You Make That Big Decision,” which appeared in the June 2011 Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo and Olivier... Read More
40% of Training’s Success is Determined before Anyone Shows
Posted on11 Oct 2010
Tagsapproaches, communications, expectations, grapevine, learn, management, Management by objective, marketing, objective, success, training
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Management by objective is basic expectations setting 101; people will tend to achieve the expectations we set for them. Yet, when it... Read More
The Success of Failure and the Failure of Success
Posted on16 Sep 2010
TagsAcademy of Management Journal, anticipatory, decisions, emotions, employees, experience, failure, fear, feelings, flexibility, gain, history, intuition, joy, learn, legitimate, lesson, logic, mistakes, objective, organization, pain, perspective, Peter M. Madsen, planning, profitability, rationale, success, The Economist, Vinit Desai
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How many times have we heard, “Nothing breeds success like success?” In a study of the orbital launch vehicle industry by Peter... Read More
