ld adages die hard. My favorite sneakers (excluding my red velvet Clydes), were the ever reliable Converse All Stars. Yes, and they made a comeback only 35 years later or so after its hey day (http://qz.com/129238/how-converse-went-from-bankruptcy-to-a-1-4-billion-business/). But, was its demise really necessary? Why didn’t the company “pivot” from its All-American message sooner? My answer: they […]
Put the right person in the right role. It will ALWAYS work out better for you than you think.
Never bad advice.
Simple realities are the best realities.
This simple phrase is an important message for all executives and managers.
As Bruce Lee famously said: I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. So many great ideas lie in the dust heap of history because there has been lack of persistence and follow-through. Find and build the right team. Find […]
I find that most smart people recognize what went wrong, but only the select few are able to help correct a “unstable” situation before it gets out of hand. Why? My experience is that the problem derives from the fact that most people have difficulty either challenging authority or challenging the status quo. Because I’m […]
This image captures the divide between big ideas and implementation. It isn’t too difficult to walk around that wall, talk to real people on the other side, and explain why your strategy is good for everyone: customer, company and team (the whole team). Good ideas turn into work for someone, and they need to know […]