Entrepreneurship & Storytelling
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell tried to explain why events, stories, issues go viral. Why they spread. And his explanations are as important today as they were when he first published in 2000. There is so much in this book to inspire entrepreneurs to think...
CEOs and the Free Throw Headache
Last week Jason Gay of the WSJ pointed out in his signature hysterically funny style, the irony of Mr. Dwight Howard’s inability to shoot free throws. Dwight Howard is one of the best basketball players in the world, plays for the LA Lakers, and is a 6-time All-Star....
When Should The Company Founder Step Down?
This Question was asked this week in the FT influenced by the embarrassing debate over the future of Andrew Mason, founder and CEO of Groupon. The answers by an investor, a current CEO and an academic were helpful and can be summarized as: When someone else can do the...
A New Role for the Finance Team
These days a finance department is a metrics department. What gets measured gets done. There needs to be much more clarity around whose job it is to take action when ratios are going the wrong way. There needs to be more visual cues in our dashboards, reports and...
Zooming Out & Zooming In – The Paradox of 10x Managers
My post this week was inspired by the book Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Chris Collins and Morten T. Hansen. As the authors illustrate so well there are times in life that are jugular key moments. Bends in the...Operational Excellence For Exits
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