A Perspective on the iPad – “Computing” as an Appliance
Disclaimer: I am what you would likely call a “Mac bigot” or “Apple fanboy”, as I have been using Apple products for about 30 years now – although not on a totally exclusive basis – we have had somewhat of an “open relationship”, and I am currently playfully dallying with Windows (i.e., I only run [...]
When Does A Company Exit a Market Based on Principle?
The issue of principles-based business decision-making came to the forefront this past week with the decision by Google to withdraw from the Chinese market following an apparent major cyber-attack on it’s systems (as well as a number of other technology firms.) Google’s corporate motto is “Do no evil”, and it personally struck me odd (as [...]
Thoughts on Innovation vs. Branding Strategy
A post over at The Blake Project’s blog discusses the issue of a a strategy based on Innovation, vs a Branding strategy. The author, in my opinion, sets up a strawman argument as to what an innovation strategy is (using The Sharper Image as an example), and then goes on to extol the value of [...]
What is the New Normal
I was just reading a blog post of a dear friend of mine Barri Carian, who poses the question The New Normal – What is it? (Visit her blog at http://www.ocmetro.com/Blog.aspx?ID=172&AuthorID=59058&t=The New Normal – What is it? I found this a wonderful question for as she points out the phrase is being used everywhere but [...]
Energy Flows in Business and Society
The underlying foundation of The Living Organization™ model is that everything is Energy. In the model we draw on this turth to aid us in understanding the dyanmics within an organization giving deeper insight and additional options to helping our organziations grow. Just as an organization is a living entity directing and transforming energy towards [...]
Even Welsh recognizes The Living Organization
Well perhaps he didn’t exactly call it that, but in a recent article in Financial Time (3/12/2009) Jack Welch who is regarded as the “father of the shareholder value movement” said said it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains.” What is he really saying [...]
Marketing is a Many-Splendored Thing…
Set Godin’s blog post today – “Which comes first, the product or the marketing?” touches on a subject near and dear to my heart. In fact, it’s a “soapbox” issue for me, in that I find myself elaborating on a daily basis regarding the many different aspects and disciplines falling under the marketing umbrella. Seth’s [...]
The creation of The Living Organization™ model
During my 35 plus years of leading organizations and helping other CEOs lead their organizations I have been seeking to understand and then explain what is required to successfully create sustainable growth. The Living Organization™ model is the culmination of that journey. I have chosen to name my upcoming book “The Living Organization ™: the [...]
What is the real purpose of Business?
We have seen much abuse over the last decade which has given business a bad rap. First we start with the run up of “easy success” with the dot.com craze and its bust, followed by the corruption of Enron, Tyco and the like. And now we have the financial crisis that is not only impacting [...]
Why the profit motif may have too many “unintended consequences”
I was just reading a New Your Time article titled “When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder” (Click on the title to read the article). It speaks eloquently about the problem of unintended consequences, the difficulty of being able to accurately predict all the results of our actions. Hence many of our very well intended [...]
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