#TheDress And Leadership Values
People see the same thing in different ways. It’s important that we never assume our view of the world is the only one…Even when we are “right.” Last week, a photo […]
Entries by Geoff Wilson
Coffee and a Do Not: Span Breaks
For all the benefits of being a senior manager in a company, far too many management positions, even very senior ones, come with limited authority… Avoid filling or creating them. […]
Leonard Nimoy and the Warmth of Spock
Spock, as portrayed by the late Leonard Nimoy, has resonated through the generations because he married two things that we never get right: Perfect logic, and heart. Today is […]
The Chinese Food of Corporate Leadership
Attaching real change to ubiquitous communications can save you from providing an ultimately unsatisfying change experience for your organization, shareholders, and community. The best management science surrounding corporate performance transformation comes […]
Are We Undervaluing Specialists in Our Organizations?
Thanks to a timely share on LinkedIn, I recently stumbled across an insight published by Kellogg at Northwestern titled Everyone Loves a Generalist. It’s about how we may have a […]
On “Best” Company Lists and the Incentives they Create
Lists that tout the “best” companies without actually measuring what the “best” is can be problematic in today’s image over substance world. Liz Ryan, Founder and CEO of Human Workplace, […]
4 Myths about Apple Design and What One Means for You
4 Myths about Apple design bring up at least one very interesting top management dilemma about talent, structure, and strategy. Fast Company Design and author Mark Wilson recently shared an article […]
RAND Corp’s 12 Instability Factors and Your Organization
Earlier today, I came across this tweet by RAND Corporation. 12 factors that generate and sustain unstable environments vulnerable to violent #extremism: http://t.co/RWz1CkMKxbpic.twitter.com/l6KmPvBcg3 — RAND Corporation (@RANDCorporation) February 20, 2015 […]
Fast Company: Unemployment Changes Your Personality
David Lumb, writing for Fast Company, outlines some recent research that shows that unemployment for a year or longer can actually cause an individual to have a souring personality. YOUR LINK […]
Belling the Cat Part 2: Greece’s “Innovation”
Interesting commentary from Yanis Varoufakis, Finance Minister of Greece, published in the NYT a few days ago. YOUR LINK In the midst of a highly academic treatise on why his […]
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