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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | CROSSDERRY BLOG DECEMBER 19, 2011 Difference between hard and soft elite disciplines In my last post I referred to Steve Hsu’s (on Twitter @hsu_steve ) post on credentials and elite performance. ”) or the fund made money. Whether or not the advice received from a law/consulting/M&A firm is any good is much more nebulous and, well, soft. Filed under: PMO Tagged: failure , Performance Management , Steve Hsu. | CROSSDERRY BLOG FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Hamel’s Stretch Goals for Management I’m working through the pile of links I’ve accumulated. Gary Hamel’s 25 Stretch Goals for Management caught my eye, if nothing else because I liked the challenge they attempt to address: What is it about the way large organizations are currently managed that will most imperil their ability to thrive in the decades ahead; and | | | | | |
| CROSSDERRY BLOG APRIL 17, 2011 If you don’t read Reihan Salam, start now Reihan is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging writers I know (The Agenda blog here , he also writes for The Daily ). His post “ The Power of Good Management and the Frontier Dilemma &# is a great example of his balance of theory, thought, and practice. that consistently outperform existing best practices. Filed under: PMO. | CROSSDERRY BLOG APRIL 15, 2011 The Tsunami and Knowledge Management Talk about wisdom of the ancients… this CBS News article highlights the Japanese village of Aneyoshi, which heeded the warning of an old stone marker: “High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants,&# the stone slab reads. “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.&#. | CROSSDERRY BLOG APRIL 6, 2011 Petraeus on Change and Lessons Learned Still cleaning out the “blog ideas&# attic and found this gem. In this speech to the American Enterprise Institute , Gen. David Petraeus presented the Iraq surge as an organizational change problem. He has clearly lived the change process, both in theory and practice: [T]here are four steps to institutional change. | CROSSDERRY BLOG APRIL 5, 2011 Dissin’ Tycho Brahe Found this interesting article about a pair of amateur rocketeers …manned rocketeers, that is. Very cool, though slightly mad. What spun me up was this passage about the name of their craft: called HEAT-1X Tycho Brahe (named after a 16th century Danish discoverer of a supernova). | | | | | | | |
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CROSSDERRY BLOG | SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011 People and Governance
…or maybe the title should have been people make governance. Processes and procedures only go so far, especially when stakeholders’ trust is lost or fragile. An example: I just filled out my vote for my small Citigroup stake. Given Citi’s still fraught state, I paid a bit more attention than usual to my votes. In fact, Ms. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011 Matt Ridley stole my post’s title
Well, sort of… I was going to call my post on his WSJ column “Effect and Cause&#. Then I checked his blog and found he had cross-posted the piece on his blog using my title. The nerve! OK, enough mock self-absorption. The perils of “effect and cause&# thinking are pervasive. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011  Scott Adams on a “real” college education
The Dilbert creator writes occasionally for the Wall Street Journal and has had some great pieces. This past week’s entry hit on the mismatch between college student and curriculum: I understand why the top students in America study physics, chemistry, calculus and classic literature. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011 More best and worst project names
My post on best and worst project names remains one of my most popular. As a follow up, here’s a few more good and not-so-good names: Sunrise was the name of the project that separated our IT systems and infrastructure from our former corporate parent. Phoenix sounds cool, but it should be used carefully. MORE >> -
CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011 Quench your thirst for.NET best practices
If you and your development team want to take the next step re: NET best practices, I can think of no better place to start than Pro.NET Best Practices. The author’s a Caltech engineering grad with many large-scale, mission-critical, “if I tell you I’ll have to kill you” projects under his belt. Congrats, Stephen! MORE >>
- Seth Godin on the “New Normal” CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011
- The square peg and the workplace CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2011
- New reverse psychology how-to YouTube CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2011
- Old school advice CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
- Grace under pressure CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
- Big picture = big map (HT @galleman) CROSSDERRY BLOG | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011
- Matt Ridley on Gut Feelings and the Writings of Gerd Gigerenzer CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011
- A few points re: elite consulting firms CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011
- Good to see some humility in finance CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011
- Know your numbers CROSSDERRY BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
- So NASA, you gonna stick to that story? CROSSDERRY BLOG | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2011
- Sputnik and Delayed Gratification CROSSDERRY BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
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