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Finish BIG: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top Bo Burlingham Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2015) “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice [when selling a company]. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra As I began to…
Read MoreUnexpectedly, I came upon an article in Psychology Today (May 12, 2014) by Marilyn Price-Mitchell in which she includes a list of brief but insightful observations by a wide variety of 40 prominent people. Here are the first 15: o…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from a classic article written by David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto, published in the October 2001 issue of Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain…
Read MoreAdam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Patty Stonesifer, . To read…
Read MoreHere is a blog post by Josh Linker, an especially original thinker and a highly successful entrepreneur. To learn more about him and his exciting work, please click here. * * * Einstein’s famous theory of relativity (E=MC2) celebrates its…
Read MoreIn countless articles and interviews as well as in more than a dozen books, Ellen J. Langer offers an abundance of invaluable insights. Here are the ones of greatest interest and value to me, presented as a mosaic of wisdom.…
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Gillian Tett on “How to Manage Silos”
In The Silo Effect, Gillian Tett explores “the peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers. ” As she explains, the word originated in ancient Greece and referred to a “corn pit.” Over time, the word has referred…
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