How to Make Strategy Stick For my Pinchot University class on Sustainability and Strategy, my students nominated the topic of making strategy stick as their discussion topic. Please join them in offering questions, comments and contributions to this list of approaches for how to make strategy stick. Have a good strategy. While some consultants and advisors start … [Read more...] about How to Make Strategy Stick
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Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration
A Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration Download the PDF here: Document Collaboration: Avoid Being Lost In Immediacy Any document that requires co-creating, meaning input from more than one author, and/or feedback on the structure, concept, meaning or grammar of a document, requires collaboration, and good collaboration requires … [Read more...] about Practice Insight: Seven Points to Negotiate for Document Collaboration
Challenging IBM’s Innovation Findings in ‘Insatiable Innovation’
Insatiable Innovation? I was intrigued by the IBM Institute for Business Value report titled Insatiable Innovation. I like the title. America has lead the world to desire, expect and consume innovation at an increasingly rapid pace. The report passes no judgment on this phenomenon. The researchers, however, should ask if this is a good or bad thing. They do not address … [Read more...] about Challenging IBM’s Innovation Findings in ‘Insatiable Innovation’
My Close Encounter with Stan Lee
As Comic-Con San Diego nears (2015), I thought I would share this little vignette from the recent Emerald City Comic-Con. My Close Encounter with Stan Lee My Emerald City Comic-Con hook-up was running late. So rather than stand around the all too crowded and under-seated lobby of the Washington State Convention Center, I walked across the street to the Sheraton Hotel. I found … [Read more...] about My Close Encounter with Stan Lee
Salesforce CEO Slams ‘The World’s Dumbest Idea’: Maximizing Shareholder Value
Do you think Shareholder value is stupid? Maybe you should. I was just referencing friend and colleague Stephen Denning, a Forbes contributor and author of The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative. Denning asserts in his Forbes post that: a growing number of CEOs agree: shareholder value theory is … [Read more...] about Salesforce CEO Slams ‘The World’s Dumbest Idea’: Maximizing Shareholder Value