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Executives and Productivity
A challenge for executives with large teams is how to be ‘effectively productive’, to not feel overwhelmed, and interact with and give attention to what is necessary. And, it’s not just ‘how to be productive’ but also what to be productive about?! I wanted to share Robert Pozen’s article, “Extreme Productivity,” with you. For me,…
HBR: Leadership Traits: What Do You Think?
We all know Steve Jobs was a hugely successful visionary and innovator. But what exactly made him so? Of course, leadership is not like a recipe, you don’t add a bit of this and a bit of that, nor are we all the same. It is in fact that difference that makes leadership special. I…
Success Ingredients: Uber Paranoia PLUS Unconventional Thinking!
The two ingredients which I think GREATLY enhance a leader’s (CEO or senior executive) ability to win are: Constant and Uber paranoia, combined with: Unconventional (unobstructed) thinking When I read the WSJ article, Amazon’s Greatest Weapon: Jeff Bezos’s Paranoia, I agreed with the points about paranoia and why Bezos stands apart from many of the…
(BR) Why We Need to Innovate Globally and Locally
When companies become global, for the most part they start and grow operations in various parts of the globe, at times driven by the desire to sell more and expand in these emerging/new markets, and also to take advantage of the lower cost of labor. However, as we discuss in ProVoke, innovation is truly global…
(BR) World Is Not Quite Flat. Geography Does Matter!
True: We live in a highly globalized world and country/regional boundaries are not as severe. However, it is naïve to think that things are the same everywhere. In particular, technology, innovation and the jobs (and micro and macro economies) which technology/innovation gives rise to. In the last 2 years, I have spent very deliberate and…
Disrupting Corporate Ventures!
Why is it that we are NOT in awe of the corporate venture arms of multi-billion companies? Yet we remember large venture firms and what they have done! In my work with large enterprises and ProVoke, I am stunned as to how underutilized, over-protected and cautious the Corporate Venture arms of my clients are. Why…