Your Platitudes Are Showing
Strategic platitudes can ruin your day. Have a look at these: “We’re going to be number 1 or number 2 in our markets.” “We’re going to double the size […]
Entries by Geoff Wilson
Strategic synthesis: The art and corruption of brevity
Pithy management insights have their place—and their perils.
That Dead Guy In Your Organization
Put it in their belly, not their back. You ever have an experience where a senior manager called the death of a living and breathing individual? I don’t mean literal death, […]
Don’t Forget Your Change
The focus of strategy should be on what needs to change, but too often, we leave the change behind. For those of us who still pay in cash, there […]
Cheese, Change, and Cheyenne
Your signature characteristic as an executive will be how you respond to change. Here’s a bit of verse for you, courtesy of country music legend George Strait: She said, […]
A Song For Me at 23
If I could tell my younger self what matters in professional life…I would tell him this. I walked out of college a free man, but I didn’t know it. I […]
All In
We say we are “all in,” but do we mean it? In 1519, the explorer Hernando Cortes scuttled his ships off the coast of Mexico. He did it to ensure […]
Have it M.A.D.E. With Your Team
A short primer on how to lead yourself and your team. Remember when you followed somebody else who really wasn’t great at managing process? Remember how you used to talk about […]
When Your Story Misses The Point
Narratives are fantastic…as long as they don’t skirt the point. A couple of nights ago, I had the opportunity to watch the musical Les Misérables in NYC. This was […]
The Best Praise For a Pro
What it means to be “fire and forget.” “Fire and forget…” It’s a term used to describe smart weapons that can lead themselves to a designated target. It’s also […]
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