What’s the reality? The real vulnerability in any organization comes from the one big issue which cannot be discussed openly. Reality is not what we want it to be, wish it to be, or expect it to be. Reality simply […]
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“Shrek I” is a hilariously clever animated movie that has stood the test of time remarkably well. The main villain of the film is Lord Maximus Farquaad. One of the funniest scenes in the movie occurs when he attempts to […]
Michelangelo, when asked about his masterpiece, the statue of David, said he simply removed everything that wasn’t David from the marble. This approach is the essence of the Michelangelo Principle: achieving greatness by removing what’s unnecessary. For example, many of […]
Imagine that you would start a business to compete with Coca-Cola. Your product has the following characteristics: It’s more expensive, it comes in a smaller size, and the taste is dreadful. In his entertaining and insightful book Alchemy, Rory Sutherland reveals […]
The graveyard is filled with important people who could not be missed. No-one is irreplaceable. Having said that, it’s prudent to be prepared when important people leave an organization. This is called succession planning: A list of key people, with a […]
If you do what everyone else is doing, you’re not distinguishing yourself from the competition, and you’re probably stuck Here are eleven ideas to do things differently and get unstuck.
The ability to run effective meetings is essential to drive organizational results: After all, no single big goal can ever be achieved in isolation. High-energy meetings are the catalyst for effective teamwork. This is not easy. Many times, a team […]
You have 30 seconds to draw in the audience at the start of your meeting, speech, or presentation. Frankly, I don’t know if 30 seconds is always true. In my experience, it’s even less than that. There are three strategies […]
One famous episode of the comedy series Seinfeld showed a long line of people anxiously awaiting their turn in a line leading to a soup restaurant. Surprisingly, the store owner was unpleasant and egregiously rude, even refusing to serve one of the […]
Frasier was a popular sitcom which aired in the nineteens. The star of the show, Dr. Frasier Crane, was a radio psychiatrist. His catch-phrase while on the air was a simple one ‘I’m listening…’ I was reminded of this recently when […]
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