If you’ve been following this series, you know we’ve focused on products, organizations and trends which, for one reason or another, have disappeared from the environment they were once so much a part of. Today, we add another category combining technology and gadgets as we predict some things which will more than likely disappear in…
Many of today’s politicians from both sides of the aisle truly respect and often speak highly of our third President for many reasons. However, the average American has little or no knowledge of Jefferson’s true wisdom or many accomplishments. Let’s change that. One of the most influential Founding Fathers Principal author of the Declaration of…
It’s interesting to compare workplace environments. As a consultant, I’ve had the rare opportunity to visit hundreds of different organizations over the years. Although every location has its own personality, most workplaces fall into one of two categories: positive or negative. You can usually detect it when you walk through the door. There’s either a…
Change is exciting. Change is threatening. Change is good, and change is bad. We usually discuss change in terms of how it affects the way we conduct business in today’s challenging, chaotic environment. We seldom take the time to think about how change has impacted family life. Generational differences can be humorous at times and…
I often wonder how many of us bring on a great deal of our own problems … at home and at work. Simply taking a moment to pause before we respond to today’s massive information overload may well save us some grief. For instance, I was recently sitting at my gate at the airport awaiting…
John Paul Kotter is a Harvard Business School professor who is widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on leadership and change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually “do” change. Dr. Kotter is a graduate of MIT and Harvard. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1972. In 1980,…
Business Week magazine recently shared a comment made by IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano who said: “The way you will thrive in this environment is by innovating—innovating in technologies, innovating in strategies, innovating in business models.” Innovation is no longer about merely creating new products. It is about reformulating business processes and creating entirely new…
I’m sure there are many reasons for poor communication in this complex world of ours, especially in the U.S. during what appears to be one of the most chaotic times in our history. For the first time, our workplace consists of four generations at one time. This fact is often overlooked when searching for communication challenges….
I recently received a call from a long-time friend and fellow professional speaker. He was calling to share some very positive information about a recent success and to thank me for our contribution to that success—even though we were unaware of our participation. Like so many other businesses, we’ve witnessed a number of existing and potential…