Peter Drucker is credited with having said: Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. The emphasis on doing is from this blog post because for reasons unknown the world of organizations (whether for-profit,non-profit or government) seem to worship "leadership" and treat execution as mundane and "tactical." Somehow beneath the dignity ofContinue reading “Without execution leadership is meaningless”
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What bloggers,speakers and writers can learn from Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes CBS passed away on Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 92.
[ Note: This post is from November 6, 2011. It was updated on March 25, 2021 with a video to get a sense of the iconic broadcaster Andy Rooney why may not have seen him on Television]
Affectionately called America’s “grouch-in-chief” and a “curmudgeon” Andy had a lot of contribution to the success of CBS 60 minutes over the years with his signature ending piece on “a few minutes with Andy Rooney”. He was able to put an interesting spin to almost anything from why you have cotton in medicine bottles to his famous essay on doors. Here is what bloggers,speakers and writers can learn from Andy Rooney:
Halloween snowstorm and the power outage
On Saturday night the north east USA was hit by a snow storm. Halloween was on Monday evening and there was no power, snow on the ground and a chill in every home and dark streets. Truly scary and towns advised that the festival which involves children going house to house to "trick or treat"Continue reading “Halloween snowstorm and the power outage”
B2B payment channel blockade may close Wikileaks – the importance of easy payment methods
There is probably no shortage of individuals worldwide who would be willing to donate to Wikileaks. But it is the B2B payment channel that has the Wikileaks organization in trouble. B2B payment channel organizations like Visa,Mastercard,PayPal, Western Union and Bank of America have not been processing donations to Wikileaks since December 2010. The way on-lineContinue reading “B2B payment channel blockade may close Wikileaks – the importance of easy payment methods”
Occupy Wall Street goes global-tipping point for Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)
The global spread of the occupy Wall Street movement is a tipping point for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) . Just check out the CBS News Video report from yesterday that includes Pete from NYU who is planning to drop out of his Finance program to help manage the funds of the movement. "Economic justice" isContinue reading “Occupy Wall Street goes global-tipping point for Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)”
Google does not judge you : the “MahaMac Gandhi” query
The awesome power of Google and the other search engines in not merely in showing you some answer for whatever might be your question but the total "non-judgemental" nature of the Internet search experience. Ask anything, for example, the"MahaMac Gandhi" query that attracted one creative searcher to this blog. I guess this blog is fairlyContinue reading “Google does not judge you : the “MahaMac Gandhi” query”
Beware- your customers do their own research ! Of doctors, AT&T and Blackberry
Everyone of us has customers whether internal or external to the organization and the easy research on the Internet is something we need to factor in to our customer service and customer retention efforts. Let's think about doctors,AT&T wireless and Blackberry. Talk to doctors and they tell you how frustrating it is to deal withContinue reading “Beware- your customers do their own research ! Of doctors, AT&T and Blackberry”
Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution
Somehow organizational routines have got a bad rep (reputation) when it comes to innovation. "Not invented here" is that kind of view where "tradition" and "custom" takes precedence above trying to do something new or innovative. But guess what ? "Customs" bring us closer to being a tribe which is amusingly one of our basicContinue reading “Organizational routines are much maligned to hinder innovation but are critical for execution”
Information is power- or is it? move out of shuffling information as a knowledge worker
In the paper and pre-Internet age information was power and organizations had people who just had a piece of information and did not share it with others mostly out of oversight and sometimes out of the intent of holding on the "power." Today with Google,social media, wiki-leaks access to information is just too high andContinue reading “Information is power- or is it? move out of shuffling information as a knowledge worker”
Steve Jobs quotes that inspire innovation
This blog has innovation as one of it’s main themes and feels sad at the passing of Steve Jobs the Apple founder tonight (October 5, 2011) , (see a Steve Jobs post here ). For Steve Jobs epitomised “innovation” and its key drivers. Innovation enthusiasts will continue to be inspired by Steve Jobs and here are three of his quotes:\