A recent Strategy + Business article posed just this question: Strategy or Execution: Which Is More Important? I believe the answer is both. Execution without strategy is aimless. Strategy without execution is meaningless. It is that simple. Think about a strategy to enter a new retail area, say move a US retail brand into the UK. The strategy, at the first level, is … [Read more...] about Which is more important: Execution or Strategy?
Collaboration
A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
The traditional categorization of collaboration software no longer reflects the way people actually work. As we text over phones in the same room, or chat via instant messaging in the same meeting, the very idea of same time, same place or different time, different place seems archaic. Those categories reflect a good intellectual view of a technology in its infancy; they … [Read more...] about A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
On this Harvard Business Review blog this morning, Daniel Markovitz, wrote a piece titled: How to Break Free from Email Jail. I appreciate Daniel's manufacturing analogy of creating a pull system for information. His designs make sense. However, what Daniel doesn't acknowledge is that outside of manufacturing, most organizations don't run like manufacturing floors. … [Read more...] about How to Unshackle Yourself from E-mail
How to Design a Meeting Infographic
How to Design a Meeting Infographic This infographic captures the basic principles of meeting design based on the Management by Design methodology. It derives from the consideration of balance and purpose, and the use of technology considered ahead of its use. For more details read about the DOs here and DON'Ts here. You can find meeting preparation advice … [Read more...] about How to Design a Meeting Infographic
How to Design A Meeting: Meeting Preparation
Rethinking Meeting Preparation We all run meetings like we know what we're doing. We have been to so many meetings we just know how to run them. What we really know is how to model and perpetuate the poor habits and practices of our mentors and coaches, managers, and colleagues. In the era of collaboration software, our meetings need to be redesigned so they are driven … [Read more...] about How to Design A Meeting: Meeting Preparation
