There is a nice, brief article in the Forethought section of HBR this month about the issue of delivering bad news to bosses. Everyone knows that as a boss it is important to receive bad news. The dynamics of systems whe ...
I tweeted the other night that I am feeling "down on consultants." I recognize, of course, that this statement is not without irony, as I am a consultant. And yes, perhaps I'm being just a tad provocative (wink ...
There is an ad on the back cover of HBR this month for a company called Realization Technologies, touting their "Execution Management Systems." I like the ad because it has a certain 37-signals-like "get r ...
Seth Godin linked to an incredible video that you should really go watch right now. You need the sound on, because the video is a bit of a test, but as Godin points out, it's okay to watch this at work. I had seen a diff ...
Mike Mason called me out on Twitter to post about the meeting I went to this morning at ASAE & The Center about Board-Staff communication, so here goes. There were two association CEOs presenting, one of whom brought ...
Thanks again to Ann Oliveri for pointing to a good Seth Godin post. This one gets (slightly) political, as Godin makes the case for Hillary Clinton quitting her Presidential bid. He really isn't talking politics, though: ...
Thanks to Sue Pelletier for pointing to the coverage of an audience "hijack" of an on-stage interview at the famous SXSW tech conference in Austin, Texas. The audience didn't like the way the interview was goin ...
I liked Ben Martin's writing about fear, and Jeff's post about it being time to move on. They made simple and, I think, powerful arguments that the objections that are frequently raised about the risks of social media ar ...
I find it interesting that we are reluctant to give young workers real responsibility because they lack "experience." True, they will make mistakes and learn from them, but I think they are a LOT smarter than w ...
That is the title of a class at Stanford Business School taught by Bob Sutton. Check out the description:DESCRIPTION: This class will immerse Stanford masters students in the practice and theory of spreading ideas that r ...
