Complex Ideas For A Competent You
One holiday week behind and one stomach bug out of my system, I am coming back to this blog to share with you, Dear Reader, the final series of deep dives for this year—we are going to look into Start With Why by Simon Sinek. Much in the spirit of this book, I will start,… Continue reading Introducing “Start With Why”: Why Is Your Why So Important?
This is my short and sweet review of Chief of Staff by Tyler Parris. But as usual (even more than usual, to be honest), this review will have an inquisitive edge to it. All because my first deep dive into this book went somewhat viral on LinkedIn and the second one quite underperformed. I drew… Continue reading Book Review: “Chief Of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization”
Today we are shifting from the role to the person filling it. And this shift comes with a twist that I was quite amused by when picking examples of unsuccessful chiefs of staff. What competencies, character, and mindset should possess someone required to act as a filter, funnel, bridge, and gap filler? What helps him… Continue reading “Chief Of Staff” Deep Dive: The Person To Solve It All
This article will be about management and strategy. I must say this upfront because, for my readers who aren't planning to get a chief of staff or become one, the book title Chief of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization wouldn't seem to be of much interest. But if you have been… Continue reading Introducing “Chief Of Staff”: How The Chief Of Staff Role Reflects The Core Shift In Management And Leadership
In the last section of Hidden Potential, Adam Grant looks at the systems we can create to open doors for people with hidden potential—in other words, for all of us. He starts with the schools, taking inspiration in Finland—the country with one of the best education systems in the world known for creating opportunity for all kids, not just the ones who manage to demonstrate their talents early on. But since this is a business blog, today we will dive deeper into team management and recruiting.
There are books and there are Books. In strategic management (and management overall), Strategy Safari is one of those Books that you read once in a lifetime, and everything that you knew, thought you knew, and wish you had known falls into place. Then you give a sigh of relief... Only to realize that there… Continue reading Book Review: “Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds Of Strategic Management”
As we conclude our journey into Strategy Safari, the school of strategic thought that encompasses all of those we already saw - the configuration school of strategic management - greets us in all its glory and... simplicity. In this article, we will explore this simplicity further. How it embraces and makes sense of the competing… Continue reading “Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: Finding Your Next Strategic Configuration
Forget about the CEO and his planners sitting out there in the ivory tower (unless, of course, you are a CEO, in which case please leave your ivory tower, it's not the 1960s anymore!). This article explores the subject of power. Power of individuals, groups, and outside forces. How much power do you have? How much power does anyone have? Let's try to find out.
We hear a lot about "learning organizations". We accept without hesitation that continuous learning is a culprit of success and, perhaps, the only guaranteed stability in the ever-changing world around us. But when it comes to strategy - what does learning mean exactly? Is it learning from past mistakes? Or deliberately committing new ones to… Continue reading “Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: Do You Cultivate Your Strategies Like Tomatoes?
In the previous deep-dive article, we explored the prescriptive schools of strategy making (aka this-is-how-you-should-do-it schools). With this article, we are diving into an exciting world of the descriptive schools (aka this-is-how-you-are-actually-doing-it schools). The Entrepreneurial School: "Enter The Elephant's Rider!" If you recall my very first article on Strategy Safari, the authors compared strategy to… Continue reading “Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: How Accurate Is Your “Big Picture”?
Knowledge In Action 