Nurturing reliable, creative, nimble organizations
Organizations are notoriously hierarchical or top-down given principally two age-old models; the family and the military. Both are instructive models in their own right. We’ve just learned the wrong lessons from them. [...]
Insulate major projects from employees who have daily process jobs that require their full attention; they will only neglect the projects which should have demonstrable ROIs. It is better to dedicate small specialized teams that can concentrate on timeliness, focus and excellence. [...]
Regardless of your professional position or title, you must understand Accounting. It's more than the language of business. [...]
Sometimes it is only necessary to be partly engaged. And we can feel good about that too. [...]