“Be strategic about productivity—do less exceptionally well, instead of doing more in an average way” — Laurie Buchanan, PHD ‘Do less, better’ is the mantra of managers in several organisations I consult to. (Un)funnily they are...
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all”. Peter Drucker is one of the best-known thinkers on management (here’s an interesting dissertation on HBR about the pros and cons of his work). Whether you...
“A real strategy involves a clear set of choices that define what the firm is going to do and what it’s not going to do. Many strategies fail to get implemented, despite the ample efforts of hard-working people, because they do not represent a set of clear...
There’s been no shortage of public apologies of late for a dizzying range of errors. Take these four: A mining company ‘misplaced’ a tiny but deadly radioactive capsule somewhere on a 1400 km stretch of road. A politician who wore a Nazi...
Sitting between good intentions and great results is action. Taking action is how we have impact. I’d call it impaction, but that means something not-so-nice! #FromIntentionsToAction #Strategy
