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Leadership and the Ground Zero Mosque

Next Level Blog

For a full discussion of the historical grounding of their positions, I encourage you to read this column by Simon Schama in the Financial Times and this one by former George W. Posted by: davidburkus | August 16, 2010 at 06:16 PM I believe that "both" sides of this argument are exhibiting "Leadership" as a trait.

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How Coty Reinvigorated Its Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. Simon Sinek has a great TED Talk about hiring people because they believe what you believe, not because they have the particular skill you think you need right now.

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Requiring Companies to Disclose Climate Risks Helps Everyone

Harvard Business Review

Nobel laureate Herbert Simon’s model of bounded rationality in decision making explains how this could work. In Simon’s model, decision makers face costs when taking an action, and this makes them stick to “business as usual.”