Take a look at this chart; I got it from here: “Buy-in” is a pretty important concept, all told. If you have an idea and you can’t get people to buy into it, what’s the value of the idea? In harshest… Continue Reading
Cool article on Inc about a company in Iowa (that’s also 104% solar powered, as you can see above) that went to a “flat” management structure and practiced transparency. It’s a relatively small company, and I know something like that would be… Continue Reading
At most organizations, the idea of daily deliverables murdered strategy. I also often think that the sheer concept of “head count” murdered innovation. You can add another one to the “X-Thing In Business” murdered “Y-Thing In Business” column: technology damn near slashed recruiting’s effectiveness… Continue Reading
From here and Mary Meeker: Check that baby out — ad spend on print is still 18 percent, but “time spent” is 4 percent. That’s a mess. TV still dominates — even though the whole thing is a junk science — and… Continue Reading
Personally have never understood the over-politicization of the abortion topic, especially because it’s inherently ironic that decisions about women’s bodies can be dictated in a political arena, which is predominantly old white men with money. Now there’s this: Pro-voice means listening to all… Continue Reading
Challenging question, right? And in a way, kind of the crux of everything. If you have the greatest idea in the history of mankind but no one buys into it, well … was it really the greatest idea in the history… Continue Reading
From here (via here):
From here: “I came from a different path in marketing. It’s deeply formed my view on what’s the appropriate approach. I can remember when I played college football one of our coaches said, ‘Your value to the team is how… Continue Reading