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The Value of Asking ?Why?? | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

Remember how much of a difference high definition television made when it first came to market? One final note: a post on “why” would be incomplete without including a mention of Simon Sinek ‘s book Start With Why. © 2013 Thoughts for the Everyday Leader — Standard by 8BIT. Michael Hyatt. Dan Miller.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. But many of the trends are picking up speed now and should become even more pronounced in 2013.

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20 Interesting Behaviors of Strategy Tourist

Strategy Driven

Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions. Never take the blame.

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

” In his book, Start with Why , Simon Sinek says that purpose should provide direction when deciding a company’s future: “Instead of asking, ‘WHAT should we do to compete?’ In 1921, two brothers started the company to serve the ham radio market.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. Yet the simplicity and almost child-like nature of Icahn’s approach still begs examination. Then Andreessen quit the board.

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50 Companies That Get Twitter – and 50 That Don’t

Harvard Business Review

A witty comment or botched response on Twitter can travel to Facebook and even news websites in minutes (think of the Oreo tweet during the Superbowl blackout of 2013 ). Moreover, Twitter is used by virtually all big Western companies either for marketing or to respond to customers—and sometimes both.