Month: February 2018
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sabrin Chowdhury and Elizabeth Hioe for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…
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Iconic Advantage: Don’t Chase the New, Innovate the Old Soon Yu with Dave Birss A Savio Republic Book (February 2018) How to enhance the Noticing Power and bolster the Staying Power of what you offer The offering could be a…
Read MoreThe Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are Alan Watts Vintage Books/Random House (1989) [Note: Of all the books I have reviewed for various Amazon websites thus far, none has attracted more reader comments than has this “little”…
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Note: The material that follows — presented in the present tense — was gathered from several sources, including Wikipedia and IMBDatabase. In 1961, mathematician Katherine Goble works as a human computer in the segregated division West Area Computers of the…
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The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future Skip Prichard Center Street Press/Hachette Book Group (February 6, 2018) “In order to fulfill your dreams, it is imperative to become an asker, a seeker, and a knocker.” I…
Read MoreJeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, where he has taught since 1979. Prior to Stanford, Pfeffer taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University…
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Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker Stanford University Press (2018) Here’s a “common language, a new way of thinking, and a clear approach” for non-profit leadership Over…
Read MoreGood Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt Crown Business (2011) How and why a good strategy “acknowledges the challenges being faced and provides an approach to overcome them As the title of this review correctly indicates,…
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In their classic HBR article (January 2001), “The Making of a Corporate Athlete,” Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz share their thoughts about how to renew energy in order to improve performance. Here is a brief excerpt. * * * Spiritual…
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One of the Greatest Business Decisions: Henry Ford decides to double his workers’ wages (1914)
The material that follows is adapted from The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time: Apple, Ford, IBM, Zappos, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business, by Verne Harnish, CEO of Gazelles, and the editors of Fortune,…
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