It has become fashionable to use the term “political” as an insult. Calling a coworker “political” implies that the person is somehow dishonest, and there is a growing distaste for professional politicians […]
The Secret of My Suce$s may not be Michael J. Fox’s best-remembered film, but it contains a critical message for doing business in today’s uncertain environment. Released in 1987, when the US economy was slowing and the year of the Black Monday st…
A simplified model of strategic planning places strategists at the top, largely isolated from daily operations, and fed on a stream of largely quantitative data that is increasingly aggregated as it moves up the pyramid. Occasionally, these strate…
Everyone in business wants to demonstrate their added value, and the overuse of the word “strategic” has exploded as a result. Do you know any consultants who don’t claim to be strategic? Most professional communicators now claim to practice “stra…
If you ask people what strategic planning entails, you will probably get a list that looks something like this: Define your mission, vision, goals and measurable objectives Conduct environmental scanning/a situation analysis Formulate a strategy t…
I’ve been experimenting with Posterous a bit recently and have decided to make it my flagship home on the web. I love the way it talks to all of my other personas (Twitter, Facebook, video- and photo-sharing sites, etc). And I like most of all tha…
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