Lots of attention will be paid this week to the sentencing of Bernard Madoff, and rightfully so. But if we pay too much attention, we risk missing the bigger or more important story of how the U.S. wound up in the longest recession since the 1930s. READ»
Something new is happening on Skittles.com. The company isn't putting its real estate to work as a marketing platform--singing the vast and socially beneficial aspects of Skittles.
Instead, they have turned their homepage over ...READ»
I just finished reading Iconoclast from Gegory Burns. It is about how the brain sabotages creative thinking for most ordinary people. An iconoclast is a person who does something that others say can’t be done. It is clear ...READ»
In recent years concern has risen about the potential of China as a global design superpower and the threat of China becoming a design source for the west, threatening the livelihood of thousands of designers and designers-to-be ...READ»
Historically, business has used carrots and sticks to get performance OUT of people. Today, we need to become leaders who can INSPIRE performance IN people.READ»
Don’t fire the relationship:
Did you know that customers have relationships with people, not with organizations? Well, that’s something many businesses have forgotten in their rush to fire employees.
Managers glibly talk ...READ»
After scrutinizing 360-degree feedback data on over 11,000 leaders and evaluating the 10% considered the least effective, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman found the 10 most common leadership shortcomings.These are ranked according to ...READ»
This is the acronym, which is used in the book One Minute Millionaire from Hansen/Allen. It stipulates the important role that every individual plays in the team. This weekend I saw some excellent example sof team work (or the lack ...READ»
Recently two studies from IBM as well as from McKinsey clearly highlight the urgent need to focus on the soft aspects of change, rather than on the hard aspects. This is a must to succeed in today’sever faster changing ...READ»
Currently I am reading the great book ‘ The Power of Design’ from Richard Farson. In his discussion about leadership he says the following: “Love and passion are the organizing forces in leadership and management, overriding ...READ»
In many organizations people are encouraged to continue with ‘business as usual’ and to maintain the status quo. When you think about this, it is quite logical to behave in this way. The current leaders and managers have ...READ»
IntroductionThe pace of change is continuously increasing. Competition is popping up from all over the world.New giants are emerging from countries like China, India, Brazil and South Africa.This puts a lot of pressure on the ...READ»
Quite a gap of time since we last posted! It is definitely a whirlwind time of shift and change. Are we busy? We are busy here at CultureofFuture.com – framing change in a way that inspires learned pathways and wise reengagements. ...READ»
I just read that Neilson Online (www.nielsen-online.com) has found that 60% of people who sign up on Twitter abandon the service. In fact Twitter’s retention rate is around 40%, which means that only 40% of the people who visited ...READ»
A lot of organizations still think that change is an exception to the normal situation. They think that the goal is to return to the status quo as soon as possible. In the IT industry I was used to having two major ...READ»
Thinking is the RootThe starting point of all actions is your thoughts. This means that thinking is ultimately the main driver of the results you and your organization achieve. When your thinking is good, you have good results. And ...READ»
What drives us to trust companies? I just saw a study from Edelman called the Trust Barometer. It talks about the lack of trust people have in business and governments and how it’s changed over time. For some perspective, the ...READ»
When I have a coaching client, they usually come to me because they have a problem. Let’s say that the coachee is out of work. He wants a new job, but he also would like support in defining which job/career is an excellent fit to ...READ»
Is change really coming to America? After all we did elect a President who ran on the platform of change. I do however wonder if we as Americans really have the capacity to change. And if we do, why are we so slow to change?
Is ...READ»
There’s a lot being written about how to survive the down economy but I think something is missing from the dialogue: how to create a culture that thrives during it.
Yes, intuitively most people know that to truly excel during ...READ»
Is it at all possible for simplicity to emerge from the twisted
processes of the corporate mind? I asked
myself this question (again) after reading last week about Cisco’s purchase of
Pure Digital, the company behind ...READ»
Last week I had to buy a new pair of running shoes. Because I do run three times per week, I need to buy regularly new shoes. After a certain mileage the cushioning is not working properly anymore. Most of the time a starting pain ...READ»
