Limits and creativity run in the same circles. Desire to dig under, work around, leap over and push through is strong motivation to think anew. However, there are limits, that — hmm, — limit. Did you know that a major difference between moribund Detroit and high flyin’ Silicon Valley is the difference in how non-compete [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Management’
3 Kinds Of Companies Trying To Survive and Thrive.
The sands are shifting and organizations are having to change. There are 3 ways in which companies are using their employees to do this. Companies that have talented employees who see the difficult and innovative paths that must be taken – and are listening to them. Companies that have talented employees who see the difficult [...]
A Reminder Of Key Principles | Inside Drucker’s Brain
I’ve read a lot of Peter F. Drucker over the years, so it’s nice to find a great distillation of his ideas in one place. Just finished Inside Drucker’s Brain by Jeffrey A. Krames and it is full of gems to remind us of Drucker’s no nonsense style. For business wonks who have never read [...]
Place May Be The Fourth Personality
Resent research indicates that environments with ‘disorder clues’ (think messy) cause people to diverge from social norms. This post from Roger Dooley outlines the premise that simple things like disorderly shelves or graftiti can push individuals towards behaving badly. It would be interesting to know if these enviromental clues would have the same impact on [...]
Infective Team Dynamics
Your business is run by teams. Now, more than ever, you have to be sensitive to team killers – the one or two individuals that drag a high quality group of people into the mud. We’ve all dealt with them. The individual who just seems to be in the way, not pulling his weight or [...]
