Category: Leadership

The 8 Keys to Success – and Staying Successful

What are the keys to success? To many people, that’s like asking what the winning numbers are to the big lottery jackpot. There is the belief that there just might be a simple key to success, like turning the key to starting a car. Well, the recipe for success is indeed conceptually simple, but it’s [...]

Monday August 23rd, 2010 in Leadership | Comments Off

Nurture Your First-Followers, or You’re Just a Lone Nut!

Here is a fantastic little video that I came across, demonstrating how vital it is for would-be leaders to nurture their first followers.  The video’s narration says everything that I could say about this video. I’ll warn you that it’s got the same smooth tracking and motion that Blair Witch Project did – that means, [...]

Sunday February 14th, 2010 in Leadership | Comments Off

Deep Lessons from the World of Pasta Sauce

When it comes to human behavior and human preferences, there is no one best way to do things.  Taylorism is fine and dandy for automatic production in factories, but as a framework for thinking about the world, “the one best way” is a sure way to business disaster (or at least sub-par performance) and an [...]

Saturday January 30th, 2010 in Leadership, Marketing, Tastes & Experiences | Comments Off

Did You Know Addresses Don’t Work the Same Way Everywhere?

It’s really cool to find out that I’ve been using a basic assumption that I didn’t even know was there. There are some things that are so fundamental to the way that people where we grow up think that we don’t even realize that certain basic assumptions have been made.  It is not until we [...]

Saturday January 30th, 2010 in Communication, Leadership, Other Fun Stuff | Comments Off

Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick – Jack Better Not Imitate Government

“Welcome to Government,” said my friend after I voiced my frustration at the lack of clear, unambiguous command and responsibility. Most of us have seen the television crime dramas or movies where local law enforcement is investigating an incident when the black cars carrying the Feds arrive.  Guys in dark suits with dark sunglasses invariably [...]