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Jesuits and Operational Agility

January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · leadership, management

I wanted to capture this series of articles by Don Sull of the Financial Times. I can’t share via Twitter from the office so I am opting to compile here. The series looks at The First Jesuits by John W. O’Malley. Sull and O’Malley hold up the Jesuits as a group that practices strategic agility. [...]

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Review: “Rules of Thumb” – Alan Webber

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, change, leadership

I suppose I should start this review off with a disclaimer. I am Alan Webber’s target audience. He was a managing editor of the Harvard Business Review and the cofounding editor of Fast Company. I am a card carrying member of the Fast Company Nation and read HBR whenever something catches my eye.I am a [...]

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The Toyota Way

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments · leadership, management

I just read an article from the July-August 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review, “Lessons from Toyota’s Long Drive.” Ahhhh, the joys of post holiday clean-up, finding stuff I had squirreled away in a dark corner. So, yes, I am a little behind in my reading. But I love this article. Specifically, I love [...]

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Walking Around Isn’t Enough

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments · change, leadership, management

“See for Yourself”, an article in the latest strategy+business magazine by Tim and Larry Laseter takes Tom Peters’ Management by Walking Around one step further. The authors suggest that in order to be a truly effective and great manager, you have to get away from your reports and dashboards and get in front of people. [...]

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