Your decision making model has too much variability
Daniel Kahneman, who is way smarter than I am, chimes in on this one. Whew. Continue Reading
Decision Making
The problem with your decision makers
Many are just digital paper-pushers. And here’s why. Continue Reading
Why your decision-making process is skewed
Most companies (and individual senior leaders) have terrible decision-making processes in place. They often focus short-term, chase shiny pennies, and a host of other things. Why is this? How can it get better? Continue Reading
Change management: The 2016-2020 wave
If you believe disruption is coming for most companies (it probably is), then change management is absolutely crucial. But most companies are flippin’ terrible at it. How can they get better? Continue Reading
On ‘moving fast’ vs. ‘moving smart’
I talked to my friend about this the other night and thought it was interesting, so I decided to turn it into a quick blog. I wouldn’t say that “smart” and “fast” are necessarily the only two ways that an organization can… Continue Reading
Leadership Strategy: Fire yourself
I’ve been doing some writing and editing for this OPEN for Business blog recently, and today my friend Steve Dunlap fired off a new post about “firing yourself.” The concept is pretty basic to understand, but to summarize, every year —… Continue Reading
When will people get annoyed by everyone discussing Big Data?
Probably pretty soon, right? Here’s the thing with Big Data, IMHO: most businesses, especially the publicly-traded ones, are quarterly in nature. They need results now now now. Big Data is a bit of a longer-term play. First off, you need… Continue Reading
Link short-term decision-making to long-term goals
In the grand scheme of writing this blog, one of the most interesting things that I think I’ve ever written is this whole idea of “micro” vs. “macro.” Basically, you can get consensus among one group (say, a senior leadership… Continue Reading