It’s no longer “time is money.” Now time is literally the new money.
Give people their time back, instead of just more cash, and they might lock in with you for longer. Continue Reading
Leadership
How long will this “gut feel” vs. “use analytics” debate go on?
This is a super-long, but super-interesting discussion between two UPenn professors (Adam Grant and Cade Massey) on the rise of people analytics, how teams can work effectively, and how we should be hiring, amongst other topics. A video is also… Continue Reading
How about work-life balance as a strategic advantage?
Let’s start with some honesty: if you really want to ever achieve “work-life balance,” you need to come up with a new term for it. Re-brand that shit! Here’s the essential problem: Rank-and-file employees hear that and think “That’s an… Continue Reading
Craft a vision. Talk about your vision. Listen to others about your vision?
Just had to go walk 4.3 miles to pick up my car — semi-rough evening last night with the wife — and in the process, I walked through a 5K (making me feel like a total wreck), walked through a… Continue Reading
Key to business success: Consider the OODA Loop
The idea of OODA Loop stands for: Observe Orient Decide Act As a basic concept, the idea is “move quickly on decisions.” Phrased in a BS corporate way, you need to “be nimble.”
Take some time and learn what different people at your job do
It constantly amazes me that people often don’t know what anyone they work with actually does. Continue Reading
The era of “customer-first” is going to be terrible for employees
Stop and think about this for a second: there are some strong “thought leadership” brands out there in different verticals. Even though businesses tend to make decisions based on market forces or economics or finance, you still see leaders and… Continue Reading
Maybe we should stop focusing on “selling product”
There are a handful of things that happen every day in the business world where a logical person would look over and say, “Wait, what just happened?” One of the bigger ones, for me, is this over-focus on products and processes as… Continue Reading