Experience is Overrated
Experience is not what happens to you: it’s what you do with what happens to you. – Aldous Huxley…
Category: Management
Can high quality be cheap?
Great post about redefining the idea of quality, using some recent music videos and TV ads as examples. The…
Resumes vs. Recommendations
It’s curious that people who are hiring put so much faith in resumes: a resume is a document made…
Clients who ignore you: how to handle?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit. This week’s reader’s choice post:…
Why does transparency matter?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for. If…
Applying Jazz to workplace creativity
Months ago I got a sneak preview of a book on two of my favorite things: the making of…
The Idea Approval Index
Many leaders talk about progress, but overlook simple indicators. One easy measure is the Idea Approval Index (IAI). To…
How to fix a team
If you inherit a struggling team, or wake up one day to realize your team is in trouble, here’s…
The end of performance reviews?
NPR has a story on a new book called Get Rid of the Performance Review, by Larry Rout. The…
How ideas escape their prisons
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit. This week: Helping great…
Where does our best work come from?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for. This week’s…
Stop Reinventing Wheels – BusinessWeek
My latest article for Business Week is now up: Stop trying to Reinvent the Wheel: Right now, in meetings…
Finger on nose: making fast group decisions
Often it doesn’t matter what you decide, as long as you decide quickly and do something. Would you stand…
How to Work with Stupid People
I write a lot about being smart and trying not to be stupid. Well, here’s a good post by…
Inside Pixar’s Leadership
There were plenty of high profile people at the Economist event in March, but hands down the best session…
Why New Systems Fail: an interview
My friend Phil Simon published a book in 2008 called Why New Systems Fail. The book explores the many…
The 22 minute meeting (updated)
(Updated: Now with Nicole Steinbok ignite video at bottom) No one likes meetings and for good reason. In most…
Should managers know how to code?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for. If…
Highest Paid Opinion Wins
Found this nice observation on work culture, that could fit in the ever growing asshole driven development list: HiPPO…
Why you should be a team of one
One of the best exercises a working person can do is this: spend some time doing the jobs of…