For about a thousand years prior to the 20th century the Chinese used a form of execution known as death by a thousand cuts. That is an apt description of the consequences of the business as usual practices of many companies facing today’s challenges.For example, many executives function as though they were still in an era [...]
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Forler Massnick It is time for the annual rite of attempts to forecast what will happen in the new year. In his book Rethinking the Corporation, Forler Massnick quotes Winston Churchill’s complaint, “The future is one damn thing after another.” Peter Drucker put an academic spin on it, “”Forecasting is not a respectable human activity and [...] Ray Kurzweil Executives anxious about bridging the gap between business as usual and exponential advances in science and technology have been given a checklist for their attention. These are the technologies recommended by the experts: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Medicine and Human-Machine Interfaces, Networks & Computing Systems, and Energy & Environmental Systems. These [...] Chief Executive Magazine asked a cross-section of of CEOs to write about their outlook for the coming year. Editor J.P. Donlon said he was struck by their twin concerns about rising government spending and increasing taxes and regulations, as well as the effect both would have on what they regard as a fragile economic recovery. Donlon observed, [...] It has long been a truism that the art of management is knowing the right questions to ask. The key question in today’s business environment is “do you know your company’s cash position every day, even every hour?” In his new book Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty the highly regarded consultant Ram Charan [...] Managing organizational change is deceptively easy to understand but frustratingly difficult to accomplish according to a consultant who specializes in the field. John Austin, Ph.D. Writing in HR Magazine, John Austin, Ph.D. states ?the disconnect between theory and practice is due to stakeholders? complex, seemingly irrational and often political reactions to new initiatives.? The key to success, he [...] |
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