The chickens have come to roost, as my grandfather used to say. The insane practices around bundling loans that never should have been made, along with our own greed, have led to a massive crisis internationally. I was first warned of this a year ago by some Australian investors but it’s still shocking to see [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Overachievers · Strategy · Underachievers
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
To succeed, you not only need to do what is natural for you, you also must work inside of naturally fitting relationships. The relationships that you have with others have to be natural. Remember: what is natural will flow, feel right.
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments
GE’s practice of firing the bottom 10% would have seen as evil leadership by the Romans, who practiced “decimation” only on cowardly or mutinous troops, and even then rarely.
Tags: Managing · Motivation · Organizations
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
What’s natural can often look strange
With the latest financial disaster still going on and the Canadians predicting another six months before we even get close to what will pass for the bottom, it’s a good time to rehash something that will help you be as successful as possible. Nothing can guarantee success, but the [...]
Tags: Careers · Coaching · Overachievers · Underachievers
September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Kinston’s 1988 article is up.
Tags: Careers · Elliott Jaques · Managing · Reviews - Books · Theory · Warren Kinston
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
From the Scottish Socialist Voice, here’s a note about how far Glacier Metal Company has fallen from the structures created through years of hard work by so many people during Wilfred Brown’s tenure as CEO of the company.
Let’s note how ill-thought this was on management’s part. Even if they worked only 5 days per week, [...]
Tags: Wilfred Brown
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
A quick look at one of Leda Cosmides’s answers during an interview for El Mecurio (Chile), on the idea of environmental determinism.
Tags: Learning · Reviews - Articles · Theory




