Change isn’t all that much fun
The other day I spent a half a day with a client going through a lessons learned session. We had just finished the first phase of pilot implantation for a new way of managing project implementations. By some measures the pilot was a “failure”, that is it did not achieve the desired outcome at the [...]
Where is Spirit in Life and in Business
Last week I was meeting with a group of CEOs, 8 of us, sharing some of our challenges and seeking advice and support. One of the men had just finished sharing about the challenges he is facing at home with his son, his own health, and his challenges with falling revenue at work. Listening to [...]
Are You Experienced…
…have you ever been experienced?
There’s been a lot of discussion over recent years as to the notion that the nature of the U.S. economy is transforming (yet again) from that of being primarily a service economy into an experience economy. This theory was first laid out by Pine and Gilmore in their book, “The Experience [...]
Business is the flow of energy
In a meeting yesterday I was explaining to the VP of Product Development of a $200 million locally headquarted business the underlying concept of the Quantum Leaders’ model of the 21st century business. And it dawned on me that I don’t often share the underlying precept - business is all about the flow of energy.
Let’s [...]
Profit as a metric of the spirtual journy
In my last post I talked about the importance for the CEO and the board to increase the value of the firm, and that this should be a key focus of their responsibilities. I also state that the focus on value creation is perfectly consistent with the idea that business is a spiritual journey.
Value [...]