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Contributing to Company Values
A friend/former colleague of mine is starting a company, and from the outset he wants to codify values by which the organization will be run. After drafting a proposed set of values and principles, he reached out to a few…
Tagged with: accountability, Agilicus, bike-shedding, change, conversations, decision-making, discipline, hierarchy, just enough process, meetings, micromanagement, prioritization, return on energy, values
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management
What’s in a name? A curiously long post about naming things.
I cannot stress this point enough: everything needs a name! And everything will get a name, whether consciously (i.e., thought went into it) or not (i.e., whatever term happened to pop into someone’s head when he entered it into a…
Tagged with: decision-making, differentiation, hierarchies, IANAL, models, naming, product management, product marketing, QualityGuard, SandScript, Sandvine, technology
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Marketing
Posted in Everything, Leadership, Marketing
Book Report: The HEAD Game
“The key message of this book is about how to manage tough decisions and piles of data by applying a few consistent guiding principles. The short version is simple: there is a better way to sort through life’s questions than…
Tagged with: adversarial cooperation, analysis, analytics, charity proposition, CIA, critical thinking, Daryl Morey, decision advantage, decision-making, Deep Thinking, expertise, John Wooden, metrics, Philip Mudd, Superforecasting, The Black Swan, The HEAD Game, The Undoing Project
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Management
Using the Charity Proposition to Improve Analysis
“Listen to them, without reference to your own views, for elements of their analytic position that make sense to you. Is it possible that every single thing they say – those who oppose you – is wrong? Or are there…
Tagged with: analysis, analytics, assumption trap, charity proposition, decision-making, expertise trap, opinions, Philip Mudd, The HEAD Game
Posted in Leadership, Management
Posted in Leadership, Management
The Meeting for Decision
“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Teddy Roosevelt In The Reasons Why People…
Tagged with: David Pearl, decision-making, Franklin D. Roosevelt, meetings, Obliquity, Peter Drucker, Teddy Roosevelt, Will There Be Donuts?
Posted in Leadership, Management
Posted in Leadership, Management
Justifying our actions with Franklin’s Gambit
“So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one had a mind to do.” – Benjamin Franklin I came upon that quote from the preface…
Tagged with: Benjamin Franklin, consulting, decision-making, duplicity, Franklin's Gambit, hindsight, John Kay, justification, Obliquity, Office Space, rationalization
Posted in Leadership, Management
Posted in Leadership, Management
Chris Hadfield’s advice
In a recent interview with CBC Radio, Commander Chris Hadfield gave his three secrets for becoming an astronaut: Keep your body in shape and eat well Challenge yourself with education, and push yourself to learn things you barely expect to…
Tagged with: circle of control, decision-making, excellence, expertise, space, success
Posted in Everything, Math and Science
Posted in Everything, Math and Science
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