‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ it is said. When you think of creativity, you often think of ways to promote it! This post looks at the many ways that your organizations culture can prevent it from ever happening.
Most of us enjoy films and believe we know what makes a good or bad film. Do we or do we simply know our preference? When academics study an industry they can begin to provide insights that may be missed on the industry’s leaders themselves. In this short film created by Dr. Allegre Hadida at [...]
Meritocracies holds a lot of appeal for CEOs and business leaders. Most believe in giving greater responsibility and position to those who have earned the right based on intelligence, effort, achievements, and education. Is it any wonder that Atlas Shrugged (a story of meritocracy by Ayn Rand) is the single most-read book by CEOs? In [...]
Many years ago, Dana Olson and I went to a very elegant Chinese restaurant in New York. It was an intimate space with a clear view of the kitchen. We could see the shrimp we’d ordered being tossed into the wok. The shrimp must have been alive because they screamed, or so it sounded, as [...]
“Capital in some form or other will always be needed.” Ghandi
“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” Nelson Mandela
The first couple of meetings we have together, clients often want to vent about their organization. Each time it has a slightly different flavor, but the commonality is striking. So many of them struggle with the cultural fit. When I was younger, I went to synagogue because I was asked and expected to. It wasn’t [...]
The difference between Bacon and Eggs is that the Pig gave more than the Chicken. How much are your coworkers willing to give? How committed are they to their work, in other words? And what are you doing to engage, align and elevate the level of their commitment? Neither the pig nor the chicken willingly [...]
Big ideas are terrific. There’s no harm in thinking big. Acting prematurely on these ideas is the problem. Many visionaries move from start to finish in their minds quickly and skip many of the steps in between necessary for execution. That’s how they wind up trying to boil the ocean. Are you trying to boil [...]
Dan Thomas, executive director has a plan to double healing in 2012. Free Arts give kids space and mentoring to heal. Currently they serve 2,000 children. To volunteer as a mentor reach out to Dan or one of the staff. http://www.freeartsminnesota.org/ Free Arts Minnesota is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of [...]
My daughter and I recently finished a two-month “24″ marathon, watching Jack Bauer rescue the world. This led to our conversation while hiking in Colorado State Park about how often terrorist attacks are thwarted without our knowledge–for security reasons or simply to keep the public from being any more stressed out than we already are. I [...]
NPR Talk of the Nation with Neal Konan live from Aspen Institute. Ken Rudin – Political Junkie. States that Three governors have been convicted and sent to prison. And soon to be four! What this does speak to is the change in ethics in leadership. The state that is second place for sending Governors to [...]
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