Tag: Leadership
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Thoughts on the dynamics of successful organizational change
This week a few light bulbs went off over my head. Unfortunately, I was kept too busy to have time to document them until now (hence the dearth of blog entries). What follows are some insights into how large organizations effect large changes. Organizations of sufficient age will naturally resist change. They are typically optimized…
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The Fallacy of the Experience Argument
I am probably not the only one shaking their head over the arguments flying around in the 2008 presidential race. Each candidate has a host of reason on why I should prefer him or her to the other Joe. One of the arguments being bandied about by the Clinton campaign in particular is “the experience…
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Some Observations on Management
I’m coming up on my first year anniversary of being a manager. I’m figuratively still dipping my toes into the management waters. I’ve made more than a few stumbles, but I think I am at least beginning to understand a few things about what it really means to be a manager. In many ways it…
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A Lesson in Leadership
Management is a blessing and a curse. I’ve experienced a lot of the downside of management recently. Perhaps that is why it was such a pleasure to experience the upside this week. To be fair I shouldn’t have much to complain about. My employees, geographically scattered though they may be, are all terrific. Each gives…
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The Iraq War: A One-Year Postmortem
So how are we doing on the War on Terrorism? Has our preemptive war against Iraq helped or hindered the situation? As my friend Frank Pierce pointed out the final answer will be left to history. But a year should be enough time to make at least a preliminary assessment. I know it is hard…
Occam's Razor 