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How to Scale Up Excellence in an Organization

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A fascinating 10 minute video from Stanford’s Robert Sutton. It discusses the mind-set and strategies of companies that are most adept at building and spreading high standards. And here is the link to “Robert Sutton’s Guide to Excellence”: http://strat.bz/wqRmb2P.

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The Data-Driven Optimist

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Data can be very revealing, inspiring and surprizing. Or it can be ignored, overlooked, misused, and abused. Personally I’d prefer if data was used at the end of the spectrum where it can do some good, change perceptions for the better, and make a positive difference in our world. Which is why I was fascinated…

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The Capability Inventory

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This model is part of my toolbox for working with capability architectures. The Capability Inventory I know that there is certain ways of naming a capability and also that there are other principles that people and I promote that you should adhere to when designing your capability map. Here I’ve taken some liberties in regards to those […]

The Capability Inventory

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This model is part of my toolbox for working with capability architectures. The Capability Inventory I know that there is certain ways of naming a capability and also that there are other principles that people and I promote that you should adhere to when designing your capability map. Here I’ve taken some liberties in regards to those […]

An Ode to Laziness

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How are you?

Busy? oh thats a shame.

That thing you are working on thats really really important? i’m sorry, its probably not.

That deadline that is causing you stress, its an arbitrary deadline and it isn’t important.

That last big project you worked on, think about all the things you did as part of it, How many of the things you worked so hard on was actually useful? hardly any.

Look back at the last year, count the number of things you did that were really important, be honest, did you have to use the fingers on your second hand?

Laziness isn’t a negative thing, laziness in its purest form is honesty, honesty with yourself about what is really important and what doesn’t matter.

“There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all” – Drucker (Management guru and aphorism rich Philospher King of Laziness)

Busy is self-deception, protecting your ego and your self-importance.

Unless your job involves something akin to hacking coal out of a mine you don’t need to be busy, you need to be creative and for that you need focus and space and for that you need Lazy.

Hidden risks in business-model design

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There are a fair few business-model patterns out there that look really great, really profitable – and yet conceal fundamental flaws that can kill the business outright. (Or, in some cases, it’s not just the business that gets killed… –…

Scotch Eggs and Feedback

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A primary school in Essex has banned various “unhealthy” snacks from pupils’ lunchboxes. Teachers inspect pupils’ lunchboxes and confiscate banned items.The right-wing press is particularly aggrieved about the banning and confiscation of scotch eggs, w…