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An original post by Alan Webber
In 1968 I went to Germany to connect with my brother, Mark.
He was finishing up a Fulbright scholarship in German and when his academic program was over we took his newly purchased VW bug and drove to Prague. The Czechs were celebrating an outbreak of freedom from the Soviet Union [...]
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An original post by Alan Webber
I spent yesterday at a meeting of a large company that plays an essential role in the world of telecom.
The company is more than 100 years old; it has always been at the forefront of providing and maintaining the best service in its segment of the industry. It is a [...]
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An original post from Alan Webber
I’m not a big fan of war.
But I’m a huge fan of the lessons in leadership that they teach at our military academies. Over the last few years I’ve had the benefit of getting to know Tom Kolditz from West Point, and to hear Tom give a number of very [...]
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A very well done ‘Just Thinking’ post from John Caswell
Ah, sorry to bother you Mr. CEO, Sir…
Excuse me Mr. CEO, Sir? Um . . I know you’re busy, and important and stuff. I mean, running the business is very important and - ah – I hate to bother you, Sir. I will only take a minute. Ok, Sir? See, [...]
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An original post by Chris Brogan
One big risk with all of us is that these things we pursue are constant-feeling and nonstop, and in the effort to get where we think we need to go, we sometimes run faster and faster, because we sense we’re “almost there.” We run because we know that stumbling requires [...]
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Mintzberg’s Better Way to Do Corporate Strategy
An original post by Karl Moore and Phil LeNir
A few months ago I devoted my column to a discussion about the differences between Michael Porter’s concepts of “deliberate strategy” versus Henry Mintzberg’s “emergent strategy.” As much as I had relied on Porter to guide my own career at IBM, [...]
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An original post from Jerry Tarasofsky
A pillar is defined as “a large post similar to a column which is a vertical support structure in architecture usually used to provide structural strength”.
All organizations need pillars as well to support themselves and for long term sustainability.
There are 5 strategic pillars that are necessary to support any [...]
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An original post by: Alan Webber
It may be the hardest thing in the world to make yourself do.
It may also be the one thing that saves your project, rescues your company, lifts your career, and changes the trajectory of your community.
Try thinking the unthinkable.
What if?
What if the web were to completely undermine your industry’s business [...]
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An original post by Chris Brogan
When I got to Manhattan the other day, it was raining (heading towards snow). There was a very long line waiting at the cab stand for a taxi away from Penn Station. Walking back and forth near that stand was a man with a bag full of umbrellas. He kept [...]
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An original post from Jamie Chapman
Heodotus, the Greek historian, reported that the ancient Persians tended to deliberate on important matters while they were drunk. They then reconsidered their decisions the following day when they were sober. If it happened that their first deliberation took place when they were sober, they would always reconsider the matter [...]
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