“I have met the enemy and they are us” - my adaptation of the famous quote from Oliver Hazzard Perry.
Like many corporate denizens, I find myself ranting against the perceived narrow mindedness of others when my “new” ideas are not readily accepted. This resistance to ideas from others can be summed up as “Not invented here”. If we didn’t [...]
Travel often rekindles our passions and unblocks stalled creativity by affording us different scenery, context, and experiences. This helps our mind jump the tracks of habit behavior, forming new associations not otherwise possible within the confines of our normal routines.
It’s a simple and unconscious process - observe and reflect. For each observation, extract the concept behind it and then consider how that [...]
Apologies to Shakespeare, circa 1594….
I find my brother and I now have more to discuss professionally than we ever have. He is working in the automotive industry, while I am not. However, we both find ourselves in the circumstances of trying to balance the business objectives and policies of our employers with the various interests of [...]
I often contemplate the game of Chess as an analogy in examination of corporate workplace dynamics. There are a multitude of ways to apply the analogy or metaphor.
Interesting to me, is the consideration of people in your employ or in your network as chess pieces that may be utilized in consort to accomplish an overall objective. Who [...]
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Knowing what you want is a good first step. Where are you now, and where would you like to be? What initiatives will you undertake to get there, and how will you know when you’ve arrived?
Who, what, where, when, and why - all to be quantified, [...]
