Craig Thomler’s post about redesigning government got me thinking about the other ways that legacies from the Industrial Revolution are no longer serving us well. The language could use some updating. So could the ways we think about how best to structure work. One of my recent favorite non-fiction books is “Shop Class as SoulRead… Read more »
I wish the prevailing attitude towards government workers wasn’t so overwhelmingly superior. Inc. just ran a blog post about the five things entrepreneurs can learn from bureaucrats. And while we can give them credit for the bold assertion that the private sector can learn from government workers, I’m pretty sure that there are more thingsRead… Read more »
One big thing about this blog post from HBR caught my eye: The author emphasizes the role of culture in accountability. Instead of looking at deadlines and performance plans, the author suggests that a culture of accountability has to have room for failure. Projects and initiatives fail all the time, it’s a part of lifeRead… Read more »
I enjoy watching the conversations about Social Media: who should be in charge of it, what it should be used for, whether it’s a good or bad thing, if it’s a trend that’s going away (some hope), etc. The hand-wringing is endless and misses a major point: social media used as a new play inRead… Read more »
Once upon a time, in the grand heyday of advertising, marketing, and communications, all you had to do was find your slogan, develop your logo, and repeat the message as often as possible. Smoking makes you cool. And then two things happened: First, too many marketers spent too much time lying and undermined their ownRead… Read more »
Ok, so everyone is talking about Facebook and its IPO. There are several elements about this that I find interesting, none of which involve the billions of dollars that the IPO is going to raise. 1) So many of the overnight success stories we are talking involve businesses with a model that can be describedRead… Read more »