This article, entitled "the best way to use the last five minutes of your day" made me think about a lot of the executives I work with who are just too busy to reflect on anything at… Read more »
Insights and ideas
More on Total Recall Technologies
I’ve been getting a lot of interested reactions from the World Economic Forum / Harvard Business Review “Ideaslab” session I did at Davos. You can find the YouTube version here and it is also published… Read more »
Session at Davos: Growth Through Innovation
This had to be one of the more fun sessions I attended at Davos, on a topic near and dear to my heart. Here’s the WEF summary: Growth through Innovation The financial crisis will be… Read more »
Session at Davos: Growth Through Innovation
This had to be one of the more fun sessions I attended at Davos, on a topic near and dear to my heart. Here’s the WEF summary: Growth through Innovation The financial crisis will be… Read more »
Snippet from Davos – Cool ideas from older industries
I’m sitting in a panel entitled “Cool ideas from older industries”. Among the participants is Brad Anderson, the CEO of Best Buy. Great phrase: The huge disadvantage established organization have is habits. Many organizations choose… Read more »
Snippet from Davos - Cool ideas from older industries
I’m sitting in a panel entitled “Cool ideas from older industries”. Among the participants is Brad Anderson, the CEO of Best Buy. Great phrase: The huge disadvantage established organization have is habits. Many organizations choose… Read more »
Green: Nice while it lasted?
Only the blink of an eye ago, it seems, you couldn’t open a paper or read a magazine without someone talking about how ‘green’ their businesses were and how environmentalism has become a top-line concern. … Read more »
Green: Nice while it lasted?
Only the blink of an eye ago, it seems, you couldn’t open a paper or read a magazine without someone talking about how ‘green’ their businesses were and how environmentalism has become a top-line concern. … Read more »
More examples of the benefits of early warnings and leading indicators
As I often say in class, information that we use to make decisions falls into three categories: 1) Lagging indicators: Often highly accurate and precise, but give us data only about the past; 2) Current… Read more »
Making passengers smile at Zurich International Airport - the power of small differentiators
Here I am in Switzerland, working with one of Columbia’s best clients, Swiss Reinsurance. We run a program called “Creating Breakthrough Strategies” for their most senior executives, and it’s always a highlight. I was struck… Read more »
Making passengers smile at Zurich International Airport – the power of small differentiators
Here I am in Switzerland, working with one of Columbia’s best clients, Swiss Reinsurance. We run a program called “Creating Breakthrough Strategies” for their most senior executives, and it’s always a highlight. I was struck… Read more »
Of curtains and cup holders
Today I was teaching in Columbia Business School’s “Emerging Leader Development Program,” which as the name suggests is an executive education program focused on developing the leadership skills of younger, high-potential managers. We were chatting… Read more »