August 29th, 2008
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Yesterday CandidProf wrote about what he’s expected to do as “reasonable accommodation” for his students with disabilities.
Many of these struck me as totally UNreasonable. For example, the additional 18 hours a week for just one student is ridiculous—even more so because the work is expected to […]
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August 26th, 2008
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By Wes Ball. Wes is a strategic innovation consultant and author of The Alpha Factor – a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success (Westlyn Publishing, 2008) and writes for Leadership turn every Tuesday. See all his posts here. Wes can […]
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August 19th, 2008
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By Wes Ball, author of The Alpha Factor – a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success. Read all of Wes’ posts here.
I sat through a meeting a couple of months ago wanting to scream in agony, but knowing that I […]
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August 16th, 2008
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Chapter four from IBM’s The Enterprise of the Future (a steady Saturday feature since July 12; be sure and download your free copy) is about extreme innovation, AKA, serious disruption.
Innovative products and services aren’t enough any more.
“As one U.S. CEO explained, “We’re starting to think about things […]
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August 15th, 2008
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The common word is that people hate change; then there’s the school that says it’s not change, but how change is presented and implemented.
Personally, I agree with both statements.
Change must be presented intelligently, i.e., in ways that the people involved see the change as positive (for themselves).
This […]
By Miki Saxon -- 8 comments
August 9th, 2008
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Chapter Three from IBM’s The Enterprise of the Future (a steady Saturday feature since July 12; be sure and download your free copy) is about being “globally integrated.” It may sound as if it’s strictly for giant multinationals, but it’s not.
“It was striking that CEOs of […]
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August 8th, 2008
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Doing more for less. Productivity is always important, but it’s especially critical as the economy toughens.
The 40 year-old Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) is the world’s largest private network of corporations focused on improving workforce productivity.
Although i4cp requires membership to access much of its data, the Trendwatcher […]
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August 5th, 2008
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By Wes Ball, author of The Alpha Factor – a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success. Read all of Wes’ posts here.
OK, here’s the deal.
We all know that short-term, tactical management is killing American business, right?
We all recognize that top-level managers […]
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July 22nd, 2008
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By Wes Ball, author of The Alpha Factor – a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success. Read all of Wes’ posts here.
If you’re alive, you’ve probably been watching the drama being played out at Starbucks. Hundreds of stores are slated to […]
By Miki Saxon -- 8 comments
July 19th, 2008
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A week ago I brought IBM’s The Enterprise of the Future to your attention and said I’d be discussing it in the future, but there’s so much material in the three studies that I decided to make it a Saturday staple for awhile.
Additionally, if you or someone […]
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