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The Focused Leader

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Have you ever wondered how Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Fred Smith (FedEx) and other successful leaders achieved as much as they did? The power of focus explains a lot about their successes.

Is Simplicity Overated?

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Don Norman wears many hats, including co-founder of the Nielsen Norman group, Professor at Northwestern University, and author, his latest book being Emotional Design.

As an author on usability, Don seems to think that simplicity is highly overrated. 

But what has that got to do with leadership? Well, it seems that we as consumers favor stuff with MORE features, not less. And therefore, it becomes a strategic issue for leaders who want to ’simplify’ things, especially their organizations products and services.

Check out Don’s post here.