What Is Your Essential Execution Item for 2013?
Hana a new database tool from SAP is attempting to reduce complex business analysis from 12 hours to an instant, a blink of an eye! Hasso Plattner, the 68 year old founder of SAP was driven by the fear that the company’s innovation ability had stalled....
The Symbiotic Relationship in Business – Complexity & Simplicity
Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. Some symbiotic relationships are obligate, meaning that both symbionts entirely depend on each other for survival. In business the symbiotic relationship shows up in...
Creating Urgency & Velocity in Your Business
As the CEO of a business how do you develop a momentum within your team? How do you create an urgency to move things forward? I believe the key is simplicity of objective. It could be Safety – see my post on the Ballad of Paul O’Neil at Alcoa. It could be Product...
Value Propositions Change
Value propositions change over time sometimes very quickly. As the WSJ pointed out this week. The owner of an 11 year old, six cylinder Ford Explorer that averages 15 mpg could replace it with a 2013 Explorer that gets up to 23 mpg with a 4 cylinder “EcoBoost” turbo...
Grit & Michael Jordan
It’s a popular quote but in these times we need to remember that grit and determination through failure can achieve greatness: ” Our willingness to fail gives us the ability and opportunity to succeed where others may fear to tread. I’ve missed more...Operational Excellence For Exits
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