Month: May 2014
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Is It Really True That "It Pays To Praise?"
Photo via Flickr by John McStravick In my last post I criticized the boundary-crossing relationships between boss and employee that trendy management literature headlines seem to promote, using as an example an interview with Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey that appeared in BBC News about Whole Foods. Whole Foods’ decentralized, team-driven, front-line focused culture is aligned…
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On The Crap Advice Novice Managers Get
“He’s a manager now, he does manager things.” Photo by Phil Dokas via Flickr. It is easy to blame it all on Mark Zuckerberg, who turns 30 today. Mashable had fun with his irreverent approach to work attire, the hoodie which symbolizes “corporate is a waste of time.” As a cultural influence Zuckerberg promotes an…
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Innovation Above Litigation
For better or for worse, American culture is defined by extremists. We are fascinated by criminals and geniuses. Sometimes they are one and the same. Look at Steve Jobs. Brilliant innovator. And as numerous reports have suggested, and as we’ve heard over and over again, he believed “the rules just didn’t apply to him,” (biographer…
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In A Search For Authenticity, Locally Hosted Meals & Management by Accident
“Rain Room – Random International” by Tom via Flickr It was an hour and a half to drive home tonight in the rain. Nonstop sheets of gray pelted the windshield and I flipped around the radio trying (mostly in vain) to find a song worth listening to. The delay became somewhat worth it when I…
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