Last September, I asked my readers to think about the perils of trying to copy someone else’s success. Specifically, I mentioned a great article, “The perils of best practice: Should you emulate Apple?”, by Marla M. Capozzi, Ari Kellen, and Sven...
“Intelligence is something we are born with,” said Edward de Bono, adding, “Thinking is a skill that must be learned.” That thought is a good place to start to tell you about the approach Jeffrey Phillips uses when helping others to innovate....
While it’s easy to find news about the top leaders of most countries, those who are at the top of businesses rarely make news unless it’s about a company breakthrough or the opposite, a company scandal. Yet there are thousands of CEOs around the world, who...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a timeless fairy tale, and you may recall that one of the most memorable lines evolved from the original version (which has the envious queen questioning her looking-glass) into the phrase we know: “Mirror, Mirror on the wall,...
My thoughts for today appear as a guest post on the website of Deb Mills-Scofield [link to her site]. I am honoured to present my thoughts to her many readers! Some history: I began collaborating with Deb in my work on the IE Brown Executive MBA, an innovative program...
Starting this year, people working at Daimler will not have to come back from vacations with an e-mailbox jammed with correspondence they missed during their days off. Nor is Daimler asking them to attend to these e-mails while they are away. Instead, e-mails...
