What makes someone who is so successful in one organization fail in a different one? I have my theories - would love to hear yours. Please comment.
Category: Management
The Two-Year Silo
Doors open and a new VP of Product joins three of us in the elevator. “Hey, how are you?” I greeted him. “Do you know X and Y? X is the person who makes sure your product is categorized accurately in the database, so that the reorder algorhythms work accurately. Y is the person who …
Leader or Manager – Which Are You?
Which is more important? To be a manager? Or to be a leader?
When I Saw the Future
Many years ago I caught a glimpse of the future. Will my solution then work now?
Organizational Debt: It’s Not Just for Start-Ups
Back in the dark ages before 2019, I read a great blog post by Stanford Professor, Steve Blank, about Organizational Debt. Organizational Debt includes, as Blank put it, “all the people/culture compromises made to ‘just get it done’”. This includes taking shortcuts in organizational design, such as how you structure and reward your teams. How you communicate …
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