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What the Bubble Got Right

September 30th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Business

“The fact is, despite all the nonsense we heard during the Bubble about the ‘new economy,’ there was a core of truth. You need that to get a really big bubble: you need to have something solid at the center, so that even smart people are sucked in. (Isaac Newton and Jonathan Swift both lost money in the South Sea Bubble of 1720.) Now the pendulum has swung the other way. Now anything that became fashionable during the Bubble is ipso facto unfashionable. But that’s a mistake– an even bigger mistake than believing what everyone was saying in 1999. Over the long term, what the Bubble got right will be more important than what it got wrong.”

The Upwardly Global MBA

September 30th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership

“A survey of 100-plus executives in more than 20 countries identifies the knowledge, skills, and attributes young leaders need to succeed.”

How to Achieve Your Vision

September 30th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership

“My first few columns focused on getting a lay of the land and building a great team. Although these are critical pregame activities, the goal of every leader is to have an impact. Even teams with great skills and high levels of dedication can fail to have an impact because of their inability to form successful partnerships with stakeholders, act decisively or stay focused.”

Bring beds into the workplace suggests new report

September 27th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Business

“Britainís bosses may be shocked to learn that workers admit to having their best ideas in bed. Nearly a third of people polled in a recent survey claim their brains go into overdrive in bed, with only 11% of people in Great Britain having their best ideas at work. And just 6% of females attribute their good ideas to the workplace, compared to 17% of men.”

Take the Time to Plan Outcomes before Activity

September 27th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Project management

“I’ve been attending many project meetings lately. They all had one thing in common. People spoke about what they would be doing without talking about what that would accomplish. Planning starts with the promises you make. Once you get clear about what you will accomplish, then what you do becomes clear.”

Off-Site Insights

September 27th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Project management

“For the last two days, the Fast Company team has been sequestered in a country home built during the 1830’s in the Delaware Valley. The purpose: A strategic off-site planning session. Over the course of almost 48 hours, members of the production, design, editorial, Web, and business teams gathered to deconstruct the magazine, revisit our approach to design, improve the copy editing and fact checking processes, and otherwise reconsider the work we do… How do you approach off-sites?”

What the CEO Wants You to Know

September 24th, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Business

“‘What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works‘ should go into your carry-on next time you fly. It’s the ‘Don’t Make Me Think‘ for business, one of those wonderful thin books that you can read on a cross-country flight (twice, I suspect) and leaves you looking at everything you do a bit differently.”

Service Without A Smile

September 23rd, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Customers

“Gap Analysis: Business customers are far more critical than consumers of offshore call and contact centers.”

Disney’s executive search is flawed

September 23rd, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Business

“Disney just announced it was hiring a search firm to look for Michael Eisner’s replacement…and that Bob Iger would be included as a candidate. Bad idea. That means over the next two years Disney will be led–if that’s the termóby a lame duck CEO and a president jockeying for the big job.”

Beyond the Big Idea

September 23rd, 2004 | Comments Off | Posted in Entrepreneurship

“You’ve got a million-dollar idea; now all you need is a strategy to make it marketable. These inventors brought their ideas to life–and hit it big. Find out how they made it happen.”

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