As part of pursuing my "business detox" research agenda, I have tried to pay due attention to the work of economist Ronald Coase who developed the first theories on "why firms exist". As The Economist newspaper explains in their recent obituary for ... [Continue Reading]
The older I get…
(Thanks to blogger http://dougdoeslife.com/ for this gem...Thanks Doug!) ... [Continue Reading]
What does your brand really stand for?
One of the initiatives that I have been focused on over the past several months is helping to create and deliver a public offering on "creating your authentic brand", through my business Career Coaching International. The word choice "authentic" is ... [Continue Reading]
45 life lessons, written by a 90 year old
Just came across this in my email inbox, via my StumbleUpon feed. What exactly did we do before we had automated bots cluttering up our lives with stuff they were programmed to deliver based on some algorithm somewhere that expects this to be a good ... [Continue Reading]
For real and lasting change, build in “drip-feeding”
Last weekend, I spent my Sunday facilitating a fairly large not-for-profit board of a national association. My remit was two-fold; first, to help them develop an action plan for a major internal (mandatory) initiative spanning about 10 months, and ... [Continue Reading]
My dream projects and dream collaborators (#1)
After much internal musing, I have decided that I have a lot to gain from "going public", as it were, and clearly declaring my interests in dream projects I would like to be involved in, and the kinds of people that I think might want to collaborate ... [Continue Reading]
Reprint: “The Source of organizational dysfunction, revealed!”
I came across this article recently in the online version of strategy+business, which is the magazine published by management consulting firm Booz & Company. The article makes the case that the source of much of the dysfunctional behavior our ... [Continue Reading]
Advice: how to turn around nearly anything
The following article is a re-post of some excellent advice about driving a turn-around situation. This article comes from Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in an HBR blog post of 5th November 2013. While a quick read and some general advice, it is a great ... [Continue Reading]
Programming innovation into your company
Innovation is a big topic, and is getting a lot of attention these days in a lot of management circles. Several months ago I was asked to write a paper on how one might go about building more innovative thinking into a company's culture. That ... [Continue Reading]
Transforming a lone nut into a leader
How to start a movement -- 3:10 minute instructional guide, compliments of Derek Sivers: ... [Continue Reading]
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