Whether you are in the northern or the southern hemisphere, September seems to be a month that foretells not only a change of seasons but also possibly bigger changes as well. Personal changes. For every New Year’s resolution that I have...
It’s elementary: “The more that you read, the more things you will know,” said Dr. Seuss. “The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” August and September are great months to exhale and do some mind-stretching via a few great books. Here are five...
You may already be familiar with Eric Ries (@eicries) as he has received abundant and well-deserved coverage for the “Lean Startup” movement [link]. His book on the subject was a bestseller [link], and you can hear him speak about it on YouTube [link] as...
Global needs. In a recent post for the Drucker Forum [link], I wrote about a way for any company, team, or individual to begin nextsensing [link]: Many economists speak of GDP, the gross domestic product of a country; a few...
Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was born in Italy in 1848,” wrote Kevin Kruse (@Kruse) for @Forbes [link] about a year ago. And he does as good a job as anyone at summing up why Pareto’s thinking is remembered today. Legend has it that one day he...
The leaders I most admire have the uncanny ability to take imaginative leaps. Consider Reed Hastings (@reedhastings), the CEO of Netflix. Hastings is one of the pioneers of alternative television, and Netflix stock has been on fire for...