Last week, I delivered a talk at a leading b-school and interacted with final year MBA students who are now ready for their first jobs. Their faces radiated hope and aspiration. To me, they seemed like caterpillars who are changing into butterflies, ready to break the cocoon of academics and enter into the world of work. He went on to do his M.S MORE >>

“I think collaboration can be a good idea and I probably should involve others more in decision-making. But it really slows things down. can’t involve people in every little detail or we’ll never get anything done around here.”. Jim’s natural style was  just do it and until recently it had paid off. Impact: How important is the decision? MORE >>

Anderson Layman's Blog has themes from old TV westerns. Great stuff MORE >>

Quick, tell me your organization’s business model. Can you? Can you tell me what a business model is? Oh, it’s how we make money! Therein lies the problem. It’s a lot more than just making money – making money is the output, not even the outcome, let alone the model. It provides everyone with a common mission and purpose. MORE >>

Over the past few weeks, I have read Habit: The 95% of Behavior Marketers Ignore by Neale Martin. As a business owner (and therefore a marketer), this book provides valuable lessons for me about how and why people buy – and as this book shows using great examples, stories and research, it isn’t always for the reasons [.]. MORE >>