“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” – Steve Jobs According to some experts the majority …
“You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea.” – City of Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012 What’s your BIG idea? It doesn’t have to be as grand as building a big …
Most managers I know, when pressed, will admit to some level of confusion. Some are very confused. By confusion, I mean that they are continually being challenged to commit strongly to their organizations strategic, long range direction…which in many cases is vaguely stated and constantly shifting, while delivering results today. It’s enough that they have …
Dateline: Jan 23, 2012. This morning we woke to the news that RIM is in crisis mode. In 2008, it had a stock share price of $148. Last week, shares closed at $17.24. Something had to give, and today it did, with the announcement that it’s co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis were stepping down. …
Business planning has come of age. When Henry Mintzberg announced the death of strategic planning, corporate executives breathed a collective sigh of relief. No more need to engage in centralized planning, with it’s tortuous reliance on data (which was never reliable in the first place), future gazing (which was the business version of astrological star …
