Smart? Then Act That Way.
12 July 2007
A few months ago Dan wrote a post lauding Whole Foods and its CEO, John Mackey, specifically with regards to executive pay. While many other companie…
The Opportunity of Individual Simplicity
11 July 2007
The latest McKinsey Quarterly has an article titled Cracking the Complexity Code that discusses the differences between institutional and individual c…
Leadership, Bloomberg Style
1 July 2007
A couple months ago I first told you about my ongoing fascination with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. I was amazed with the positive response from…
Be Careful What You Measure
29 June 2007
Have you taken a hard look at your metrics recently? Not the values and trend, but the underlying attribute being measured. Is it really an effectiv…
Organizational Fast Food
9 June 2007
We're not big fans of the big consulting houses, but the latest McKinsey Quarterly has an intriguing article titled Anatomy of a Healthy Organizat…
John Wayne - The Duke of Lists
26 May 2007
Today would have been John Wayne's 100th birthday, and David Hinckley at the New York Daily News penned a remembrance that embraces one of my favo…
Who Drives Your Bus?
24 May 2007
Those of you that have sat through a keynote by Jim Collins know that he likes to talk not only about getting the right people on the bus... your busi…
Faking Six Sigma
17 May 2007
Our friend Mark Graban at the Lean Blog has started to coin the term "LAME" for "lean as misguidedly executed" in an attempt to de…