Take Strategy Seriously
Eric Brown pointed me to a nice piece by Ed Burrows in Harvard Management Update on the Four Fatal Flaws of Strategic Planning. No, I'm not going to open up the dead or alive debate again. That debate doesn't see ...
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Where's the Strategy?
Association Trends did a survey of association executives and reports on it in a recent issue. It talks about their confidence in their industries, in the U.S. economy, and their projections about things like upcoming me ...
Where’s the Strategy?
Association Trends did a survey of association executives and reports on it in a recent issue. It talks about their confidence in their industries, in the U.S. economy, and their projections about things like upcoming me ...
More on Why "Branding" Scares Me
Thanks to Ira Koretsky for pointing me to the rationale that the Sci-Fi Channel gave for changing its name to Syfy.By changing the name to Syfy, which remains phonetically identical, the new brand broadens perceptions an ...
More on Why “Branding” Scares Me
Thanks to Ira Koretsky for pointing me to the rationale that the Sci-Fi Channel gave for changing its name to Syfy.By changing the name to Syfy, which remains phonetically identical, the new brand broadens perceptions an ...
Is Twitter Serious?
That was the topic of a lengthy conversation on the ASAE & The Center Executive Management listserver this past week. It revealed the usual concerns: it's a waste of time, I don't want to know what you had fo ...
Generations: Where's the Love?
Maggie McGary went off on a bit of a rant about Generation Y/Millennials on her (spectacular) blog the other day. She watched Penelope Trunk speak about the younger generation and then read a guest post on Trunk's bl ...
Generations: Where’s the Love?
Maggie McGary went off on a bit of a rant about Generation Y/Millennials on her (spectacular) blog the other day. She watched Penelope Trunk speak about the younger generation and then read a guest post on Trunk's bl ...
Great Ideas Leadership Lessons 3: Learn About Generations
(Lessons 1 and 2 are posted here and here) This was arguably the hardest one to pick 80s music for for me, but that doesn't make it any less important. Those who know me know that I think generations are important, bu ...
Organizational Culture and Individuals
Jim Stroup put up a stellar post about organizational culture the other day. He invites us to think about how much impact one individual (even the boss) can have on an organization's (or even a unit's) culture, a ...