Categories: Corporate Leadership, Change Management, Dealing with People
Interesting research on high-performing teams in software organizations
by Graham
...some interesting insights here. more »
Corporate leaders caught padding resumes...
by Graham
The headline on this story was the discovery that the CEO of Radio Shack had inflated his resume. However, this is merely the tip of a very large cultural phenomenon that is discussed in more detail here.
One thing I fail to understand is how so many p… more »
Humor for use within Corporations...
by Graham
more of what a former leader of mine once termed "weasel words"......and a bunch of Dilbert strips about the use (and abuse) of ISO9000. more »
The importance of diversity in problem-solving
by Graham
For many years now, corporations have been worshipping at the altar of "diversity", which is claimed to be A Good Thing. Most medium-to-large corporations have Diversity Policies, written in personnel handbooks and trumpeted on internal and external wesb… more »
Maximum Team Sizes for effective working
by Graham
An interesting article that points to other resources discussing team size. This is all part of the origins to my comment at last year's OMG MDA seminar in Orlando, where I pointed out that software development as a group activity does not scale well. Ev… more »
The Top 10 lies of corporate America
by Graham
...lifted from somebody commenting in Guy Kawaasaki's blog:
Top 10 Lies of Corporate America
1. Our employees are our greatest asset. (Until we can replace them with cheaper ones, offshoring that is).
2. We reward loyalty (Ha! You are but an old l… more »
The top 10 lies of entrepreneurs...
by Graham
...and the Top 10 Lies of Venture Capitalists.
...and some other reading about how to hack your way around the Venture Capital jungle... more »
Here's an interesting posting about Innovation...
by Graham
...and buried in the comments is this little gem:
The Top Ten Lies Of Business Gurus
1. I'm successful because I'm brilliant. Never mind that I sold a money-losing piece of crap to a dot-com at the height of the internet madness. You should listen… more »
Article in praise of procrastination...
by Graham
...in which Paul Graham explains how procrastination (at least for small stuff) may simply be a reflection of the fact that people like to work on significant stuff... more »
Tributes to Peter Drucker
by Graham
Peter Drucker, the doyen of management thinkers and writers, died in November at the ripe old age of 95. He was active up until the last days of his life, constantly probing at the answers to fundamental questions of corporate leadership ans stewardship.… more »