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Get addicted to curiosity
Feedback is dead. Long live feedback! Here’s some feedback for you: feedback is a red herring. Feedback is an elusive, somewhat repulsive, and sometimes destructive tactic to direct employees towards...
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Culture is a capability
A culture defines the normal way people behave in a particular group. It provides the cues, boundaries, guidelines and encouragement that help individual members of a group know what is right and what...
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The innovation 2 step
One of the longest standing designers at IDEO, Jim Yurchenco recently retired, and they posted a great video of him sharing some of his career lessons. Jim Yurchenco : Reflecting on 35 Years at IDEO...
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Love is a two-way street
[this post appeared previously on the Bulldog Drummond blog] Oh Love Why do you love someone? Not the specific aspects of a specific person, but the broader reasons underlying love. I think it’s...
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Innovation or hubris?
I just finished reading a great article by Austin Carr in Fast Company. He tells the long and sordid story of a multiyear, billion dollar effort by Disney to “overhaul the digital infrastructure” and...
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Ode to the Karate Kid
I just saw a funny Facebook video of my good friend Phil leading what looks like a wedding party in a group “dance” called “Shake Your Foot.”...
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Moving from Performance Management to Performance Dialogue
I just finished reading Let’s Not Kill Performance Evaluations Yet by Lori Goler, Janelle Gale and Adam Grant. I am in full agreement with the premise of their article: that performance evaluations can...
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Customer Centered Leadership
Ladies and Gentleman, The Beatles! If ever there was one best Business Guru, it would have to be Peter Drucker. His work emerged during the height of the Industrial Age and serves as the foundation of...
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Leaders Are Made, Not Born
Image credit: Steelforge.com (A.K.A. The 1% Investor Challenge) I often hear from CEO’s and Investors that one of their strategic guidelines is to “invest in the team” and that talent and culture are...
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Managing People for Growth
photo credit: Henson Consulting Group Before I dig in, let’s clarify that most talent pros distinguish leadership from management. Rather than pit one concept against the other, I think they are both...
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