How to Make Strategy Stick For my Pinchot University class on Sustainability and Strategy, my students nominated the topic of making strategy stick as their discussion topic. Please join them in offering questions, comments and contributions to this list of approaches for how to make strategy stick. Have a good strategy. While some consultants and advisors start … [Read more...] about How to Make Strategy Stick
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Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration
A Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration Download the PDF here: Document Collaboration: Avoid Being Lost In Immediacy Any document that requires co-creating, meaning input from more than one author, and/or feedback on the structure, concept, meaning or grammar of a document, requires collaboration, and good collaboration requires … [Read more...] about Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration
Challenging IBM’s Innovation Findings in ‘Insatiable Innovation’
Insatiable Innovation? I was intrigued by the IBM Institute for Business Value report titled Insatiable Innovation. I like the title. America has lead the world to desire, expect and consume innovation at an increasingly rapid pace. The report passes no judgment on this phenomenon. The researchers, however, should ask if this is a good or bad thing. They do not address … [Read more...] about Challenging IBM’s Innovation Findings in ‘Insatiable Innovation’
Salesforce CEO Slams ‘The World’s Dumbest Idea’: Maximizing Shareholder Value
Do you think Shareholder value is stupid? Maybe you should. I was just referencing friend and colleague Stephen Denning, a Forbes contributor and author of The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative. Denning asserts in his Forbes post that: a growing number of CEOs agree: shareholder value theory is … [Read more...] about Salesforce CEO Slams ‘The World’s Dumbest Idea’: Maximizing Shareholder Value
Stephen Jay Gould on Trends and Progress: The Problem With Trends
Stephen Jay Gould The Problem Trends and Progress The problem with trends. Trend-watchers need to be cautious that they understand the idea of trends, and that they don't just find them, but that they actively watch them. Trends have a habit of going off the rails. Stephen Jay Gould, in is 1988 Stanford Presidential Address "TRENDS AS CHANGES IN VARIANCE: A NEW SLANT ON … [Read more...] about Stephen Jay Gould on Trends and Progress: The Problem With Trends