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The Leader’s Path: Evolving Points of View
I used to oppose the minimum wage, for some excellent reasons that reflected sound economic reasoning. Over the years I’ve gradually switched sides. You probably…
January 25, 2008
What We Need is a Bigger Hammer…NOT!
The ‘Bigger Hammer’ approach is simplistic thinking that blithefully assumes that more of the same, just increasing intensity or scale, will work. It is a…
June 27, 2024
The 5 Whys: Getting to Root Causes, Fast!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys The “5 Whys” spring from Toyota and are a simple problem-solving exercise designed to go beyond symptoms to unearth the root cause of problems.…
January 1, 2019
The System Secret
I’ve long believed that a certain system —which almost any intelligent person can learn— works way better than the systems most people use [to understand…
November 6, 2018
Escaping the Tunnel
Tunneling occurs when we are (or at least feel we are) overwhelmed. When folks get slammed with problems, they often enter the tunnel, adopting tunnel…
April 23, 2020
Do you have a Belief Deficit?
What beliefs do you have that are holding you back? Belief systems are powerful in part because we fail at 100% of what we don’t…
June 26, 2014
Beware the Cost of the Middleman!
Understanding Systems and How to Make them Better Maine lobsters have plunged in price from $10 a pound a few years ago to less than…
September 21, 2009
It’s the System, Silly
Sufficient credit often is not given for the supporting system in the success or failure of a business or enterprise. A recent case is the…
December 15, 2011
What is a leader? How do you identify them? Are they made? Can they be made?
In its simplest definition, a leader is anyone with followers. But how do you get followers? Which takes us into the two basic different kinds…
December 4, 2018
Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts: “Rethinking the MBA”
“Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads” (by Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen; Harvard Business Press) is an examination of…
May 14, 2010