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Focus on Sustainability
April 4, 2008
When we started working on the Not a B-School Syllabus, we asked ourselves, "What crucial business trends are business schools ignoring?" There are many, but one particular trend stuck out in my mind--sustainability. When Butcher posted his definition of Greenspan yesterday, the importance of sustainability as a first-class area of study in business [...]
Employer-Centered Community
March 28, 2008
Is there a place for lifetime relationships between employers and employees?
I found a recent post by Steve Prokesch, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, suggesting some employers may be rediscovering the advantages of longer relationships with their employees.
There are benefits for the company: there is value in people's experience and expertise; there is value in [...]
Wisdom by the Slide
March 19, 2008
What's your best piece of advice for someone starting a small business?
- Bandit
Outsource Yourself
March 19, 2008
When business took to outsourcing I realized there was an opportunity to improve my take.
Outsourcing deals work best when both sides focus on the value improvement (rather than the supplier's cost) during negotiation. This is, in fact, Rule #1 of negotiation because it forces both parties to think hard about operational issues like service [...]
Management by Excuse
March 18, 2008
It’s as if a requirement for entering the ranks of senior management today is the ability to make excuses for why it’s impossible to do things that most people agree are important.
Jeffrey Pfeffer
- Bandit
The Little Bear Who Couldn’t
March 18, 2008
The scale of hubris, deceit and arrogance is really hard to fathom.
Yesterday while walking to my office, I passed a pub where some (rather) drunk St. Pattis revellers were debating something typically inane (football or taxes). Their slurring voices contrasted greatly with the news I was just listening to on Marketplace, which was covering the [...]
I Can Has Free Love?
March 16, 2008
It's Sunday morning. It's quiet. I'm not going to take up much of your time except to say, "Read Free Love."
The key points:
There's an all-out war for consumer attention going on.
The cost of digital copies is near zero and the cost of physical copies is rapidly dropping.
We are all creating and sharing our [...]
All Your Thoughts are Belong to Me
March 7, 2008
I'm at SXSW and, damn, I'm having a hard time keeping up with the twitter.
People are dropping into town right and left... Given the trajectory of the book, we've met a lot of people who are now coming to Austin, and we've connected to many people we've never met in person... yet. It's a chaotic [...]
Today’s Post is About Speed
March 5, 2008
Today's post is about speed.
Many things in life should be done slowly—to maximize each moment... Enjoying a glass of wine, creating a piece of art, making love, playing with the kids...
But if you're trying to solve a problem today, speed is what separates the leaders from the followers. There was a cover on an [...]