What happens when people in a meeting are different stratum, knowing each other well enough to have some experience of each other’s capacity? Who leads? If certain people talk, does the conversation die? Does the meeting have to be facillitated by the highest stratum person? Will it be regardless, at least effectively?
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The consulting business is sliding and I’m getting bored. I’ve decided to start measuring the interviews that present-day CEOs gave to the press before they ascended on high. Once you take the top spot, every comment is carefully crafted and managed. Prior, you tend to do real interviews, with normal responses.
If Van Clieaf of MVC [...]

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I’m announcing my intention to code the interview Charlie Rose did with Lee Raymond, outgoing CEO of ExxonMobil. Raymond is a remarkable thinker and I believe illustrates strong high-mode characteristics in this interview.
What caught my attention was his use of the timespans. He mentioned research that Exxon did into alternative fuels back in the early [...]

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