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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Middle Mgmt made redundant
Just learned today that one of my old, very respected friends, a middle manager within a large multinational company, has decided to take early retirement. Although his business track record is impressive and flawless, and his customer intimacy, knowledge and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Culture, Finance, Leadership, Management, Organization
Tagged business, leadership, management, organization
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The Management Revolution
Absolutely brilliant and essential read by Steve Denning! “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs
Posted in Business, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organization, SelfOptimizingAgile
Tagged business, innovation, leadership, management, organization, Steve Denning
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Internet trends
Mary Meeker’s “Internet Trends” report. The numbers and trends are simply mindblowing! (Thanks to Olivera for the pointer!)
Tax payer money to boost shareholder value
For some time ago, I wrote about the chaos that materialized in Northern Stockholm’s Public Transportation System, when the multinational bus operator Arriva took over traffic after having won the largest public transportation contract ever in Sweden. What really struck … Continue reading
If cars were developed with the same mindset as (commercial) software…
With some 25+ years in the software business, it’s kind of interesting for me to reflect a moment over the differences in mindset and strategies between development, production and marketing of established consumer goods, such as cars, with that of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Culture, development, Management
Tagged business, development, management, organization, Quality, Scalability
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Swedishness (or perhaps: Swedish-mess :-)
Swedish life, customs and behaviour explained in 3 minutes – very much to the point, IMO… 🙂
High IQ is about ability to filter out noise from the signal
Brand new research by Dr. Duje Tadin, of University of Rochester, has found a remarkable correlation between intelligence – as least of the type that can be measured by traditional IQ tests – and the ability to filter out noise … Continue reading
Three incompatible economic approaches: Traditional, Financial, Creative
A great read from Steve Denning on three different approaches for doing business, and the different management and organizational paradigms used within each of them.
Posted in Business, Finance, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organization
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“Big Data” is *not* the next SIlver Bullet!
An excellent post by Beth Kanter, explaining why neither “Big Data” nor “Data Driven Management” will take us to organizational Utopia. Our world is simply too complex for any simple minded, mechanistic approach to provide the “final solution”. For sure, … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Business, Data Driven Management, Management, Organization
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Lack of application of Complexity Theory in management
An absolutely essential and brilliant article by RIchard Staub in Harvard Business Review, on why organizations have not embraced Complexity as the #1 paradigm for governing their “system”. Reason #1: it’s too complex…! Today’s typical Empty Suit-managers prefer simplicity, and … Continue reading
