This is the season for your Change initiative!
Just do a quick "scroll" in this blog and you know that a lot of positive Change has happened in recent times. All this Change was triggered by the current economic and financial crises. And people...
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Webinar presentation: my first experience
My first webinar presentation was not an entirely perfect event. There was a minor embarrassment – a lesson for those who work out of home. My cat Pinto suddenly appeared outside the door to my...
View ArticleIn this difficult time
My heart goes out to every one hurt by Sandy. You remain in my prayers in this difficult time.
View ArticleIs it OK to compare governance with corporate leadership?
Let's take the recent example of big bank CEOs demanding Washington's action to avoid a "fiscal cliff." Why did this unfortunate situation happen?Most media folks point to partisanship. However, in the...
View ArticleA CBTO speaks at an upcoming CIO summit
Steven Peltzman is among the first C-suite folks to be named Chief Business Technology Officer. This is a change in label and role that CEO George Colony made at Forrester Research.Steven would be...
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Grateful for ... the Influencers
Courtesy: Carl Richards (BehaviorGap.com)Happy Thanksgiving!These are just a few of the many people who influenced me. I have used their insights and have seen those insights work every time.Eliel...
View ArticleHappy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas!
If you are celebrating Hanukkah, have a wonderful time! If you are celebrating Christmas, have a wonderful season! If you enjoy the season's music, allow me to take you to the 70s. While I enjoy...
View ArticleOutcome-driven methods
Methods are designed to keep our focus on the making of the output. While this might make us frequently choose quality as the primary objective to target, we also occassionally choose results as the...
View ArticlePresident and leadership
What makes a president a great leader?David McCullough, the Pulitzer-winning author of Truman and John Adams, says, "The capacity to lift our sights a little higher. Somone who can call on us to make...
View ArticleWhat next: outcomes-driven organizations?
First we had department-centric organizations ... Then business process centric organizations (thanks to BPR) ... Then product-centric (thanks to Lean) ... Are we now seeing the beginning of a call for...
View ArticleIndia violent?
That violence happens in every country is known because it is usually seen and heard. Violence in India, on the other hand, is rarely seen and heard. A few reasons why:1. The form of violence is...
View ArticleBar code: how it took over the world
Lessons for innovators from Joseph Woodland's success:1. The technology is reliable2. The technology's benefits are obvious to the intended audience3. A governing body establishes the standards4. "An...
View ArticleThis CEO nicely balances business and faith issues
Catholic Healthcare West was losing a million dollars a day in 2000 when Lloyd Dean arrived. Dean executed a turnaround and today the organization relabeled Dignity Health is "the fifth-largest...
View ArticleWas it business model or poverty that made Ortega the 3rd richest?
Amancio Ortega's Zara is the world's largest, reaching 87 countries through 1700-plus stores. The fashion empire has made Ortega the world's third richest.Ortega grew up in a family that was poor....
View ArticleHuman rights irony
The Human Rights Watch continues to report that India has significant human rights problems. "Government claims, but" is the kind of phrase you frequently see in the organization's 2012 summary for...
View ArticleDid you ruffle someone's feathers?
Did you rock the boat? Did you disagree? Burn some bridges? Well, isn't that what innovators and change makers always do? Although unintentionally? Rich Barton was only 26 when he went into a meeting...
View ArticleLarry Page is an introvert ... naturally!
Fortune's Miguel Helft describes Google's Larry Page as an introvert while showing how he dreams up the future and makes it come true. On the other hand, like this confused article by Nona Walia shows,...
View ArticleDrones for oil discovery!
I'm passionate about business process innovation, but I never had too much interest in specific processes or industry sectors. Until a few years ago – when I fell in love with the oil industry....
View ArticleAndy Samberg din't ask his boss
When he was 20-something and new at Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg never told producer Lorne Michaels what he was doing until he handed him a tape of a short film he made with a borrowed camera....
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Lincoln: the leader, the movie
I watched the movie, Lincoln. The biopic covers Lincoln's last few months, when his life was fully committed to steering the 13th Amendment through Congress. He succeeded in getting 100% of the...
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