organizational behaviour

I invite you to ponder the following

1.     Why is it that commercial aeroplanes don’t fall out of the sky?

2.     Why is it that terrorism did not take root, establish itself, and grow in the USA/UK?

Guest Post by: Laszlo Kövari

Admittedly this is somewhat provocative, but perhaps not that far-fetched.

Considering that over 90% of companies are mediocre, it doesn’t make much sense to even raise the question of strategy. Companies are mediocre because they have no leadership who could provide a concept that may serve as the foundation of any kind of strategy, so they are, without exception playing catch-up. Their „leaders” are staring in the rear-view mirror and at various indicators while stepping ever heavier on the gas pedal. All the while there is only one song coming from the speakers at maximum volume: faster!

Two blog posts struck a chord with me this week. First, Bob Sutton posted on Wal-Mart’s decision to stock Girl-Scout-cookie knockoffs (the delightfully-named “Thin Mint-y Gate“). Then David Pogue provided an update on “Take Back the Beep,” his campaign to get wireless companies to stop playing lengthy introductory messages to callers trying to leave voice mail.

by: Sigurd Rinde

Context: "The circumstances that form the setting for any event, statement or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed."

Dogma: "An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it."

by: Idris Mootee

In today’s chaotic world of business (that's a true and accurate description), traditional management consultants have little to offer beyond cost cutting and consolidation, the adv agencies are keen to remind you to keep your media spend and the technology consultants continue to lure you to outsource your whole company to a low cost country, you are almost guaranteed to fail if you do all of these.

by: Sigurd Rinde

Why not small company, agile and market leader?

Why must big turnover equal huge payroll?

Allow me: