Value Innovation
In university, I wrote a paper on the role of attractiveness in selecting one’s spouse. I was interested in this issue because, whilst the evidence strongly supported the proposition that spouses tended to be similarly attractive, the prevailing causal theory didn’t sit well with me. The prevailing theory explained the evidence as follows:
everyone tries [...]
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Years ago, during a silent argument with my girlfriend, I asked her what she was thinking. Her response was that if I really cared about her, I would know what she was thinking. Stunned into silence by this response, I said nothing and the relationship withered and died.
Sounds silly now, looking back on it, but [...]
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A recent study at Harvard Business School identifies 5 leadership behaviours that are correlated with increased motivation, creativity and performance of team members. There’s nothing ground-breaking or even surprising in the results, but it serves as a useful validation of the importance of day-to-day management activities.
“The team leader’s behavior is critical. I found that there [...]
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Last week, Michael Lamoureux asked Dave Stephens, Dave Bush, Jason Busch, Tim Minahan and I to post on the future of sourcing. I’ve found their responses fascinating and informative. I’m regularly astonished at the insights I get from this group of guys (Why no girls?). I’m going to focus on the future of sourcing as [...]
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I’ve been given the all-clear at work and I’m back on the air!
I’m really loving the new role. It’s the first time I’ve been officially inside an organisation rather than advising from the outside. My major concern with taking the role was that I wouldn’t be able to adjust to the sustained focus on one [...]
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Dave Stephens' new venture has been greeted skeptically by Jason Busch.
Jason writes "I wish Dave the best of luck in his new gig, but I have more questions at this point than anything else, as I'm sure anyone would reading their rather spartan landing site and Dave's short announcement at Procurement Central.
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there's a big difference [...]
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I’m at home this morning looking after my 2 year old daughter who’s too ill to go to child care. My wife will be spelling me off this afternoon whilst I go see a client.
Inspired by Justin Sullivan’s article on benchmarking diapers (Thanks for pointer, Jason), I’ve decided to share the Blue Ocean Strategy [...]
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