I Listened to a TED talk the other day from Barry Schwartz. It was part of the TED Radio hour on. NPR. The topic was Broken Systems.
Dr. Schwartz shared the story of a father and son who went to the ball game. Dad bought Jr. a lemonade. Not knowing any better he bought Mikes Hard Lemonade, an alcoholic beverage. Someone noticed.
And even though medical tests demonstrated the kid had no booze in the system he was place in foster care for three …
Recently I have had the opportunity to speak with a number of younger people who are hot on the trail of achievement in business. They all see themselves becoming better paid, and with more
responsibility. Some express frustration that it is not happening faster.
I have also been able to observe some of what is holding them back. If you are a business leader looking to delegate a responsibility to someone what are your considerations? Capability; that
is a minimum requirement. Desire; again minimum requirement to get a seat at the table. How …
When we are born we are the proverbial blank slate. Then our parents, our teachers, our peers and the media start delivering information to us. Where there was no information there now is. And now
all new information is judged in light of the information we already have.
In the time of Copernicus and Galileo the world was flat and the Earth was at the center of the Universe; that was the truth. Today we know differently, (until we don’t).
So what does this have to do with …
I was at a conference recently and the speaker said, “A little integrity goes a long way.” Really? What is a little integrity? How much is enough?
Meanwhile back at the conference everyone was buzzing and nodding their heads. This indicated that they too felt that “a little integrity goes a long way”.
Websters Dictonary defines integrity as follows
INTEGRITY
1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2: an unimpaired condition …
Team Spirit
I am reading from Pyramid of Success by Coach John Wooden and Jay Carty. They build a pyramid with building blocks of character and behavior. One of the building blocks is Team Spirit. Coach Wooden
knows a little about Teams. He helped the UCAL Basketball team when 10 championships in a twelve year period. The UCLA Bruins in his tenure had 885 wins to 203 losses.
Coach points out that anyone of his starters could have stood out as a super star or …
I was reading my most recent issue of Bloomberg Business Week, last week. And I read an article on the protests against the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The photo had a protester with a banner that
read, “A Strong Society Needs No Leader. ” This stood out for me because I have
been reading and speaking lately on the value of culture in our organizations. Specifically how if we spend the time to develop a strong culture, it can almost run itself.
I say almost because I have watched …
