Organizations • 4 min read Still In Search of Excellence — Attributes of the Best Run Companies According to one estimate, around 12,000 business books are published every year. But back in 1982 this was not…
public Organizations • 8 min read Andy Grove on Balancing Top-down vs Bottom-up Approaches to Leadership Ever wonder why that particular initiative of yours never got traction? Organizational politics kills more initiatives than people realize, and…
public Frameworks/Mental Models • 4 min read Singular Big Bet vs Multiple Small Bets-Two Contrasting Approaches to Strategy In their book, Business Experimentation, Rob James and Jules Goddard highlight two approaches to strategy that are diametrically opposite to…
Organizations • 5 min read John Doerr on OKR Hygiene A successful [OKR] system needs only to answer two questions: 1. Where do I want to go? (The answer provides…
Organizations • 3 min read Metanoia-Learning as a Strategy Organizational learning as one of the central pieces of strategy is still not as common as one would think. It&…
Organizations • 6 min read Paradoxes of Leadership and Management Leading and managing can be stressful and frustrating because of inherent paradoxes built into the nature of the beast. One…
Organizations • 3 min read Types of Contradictions in Organizations Trying to eliminate something that by definition cannot be eliminated, can be a source of constant frustration. Understanding the nature…
Leadership • 3 min read On the Differences between Leaders and Managers In modern knowledge work, leadership and management are more alike than different. The dichotomy between the two are more exaggerated…