In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 20, 2014

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Forget about throwing heaps of cash at such initiatives as computer systems, advertising, equipment, recruiting – even training. I’m not taking issue with that. But, beware.

Real Estate 215

Real Estate Human Resources Bureaucracy Constraint 215

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

It was clear to me then that the Defense Department would need to keep pace with the dramatic changes — many of them technological — reshaping the economy, the labor market, and human resource management. These are logical changes to a system that is, in some ways, dated, and I hope Congress will enact them soon.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

There are two reasons such a flexible work system is now plausible. As a result, we expect to see America’s leading companies leveraging what Mark Cuban calls the “spot market for intellect” for an increasing share of their needs. The first is societal values. This is already happening in some places.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

For a moment, I’d like you to forget about throwing heaps of cash at such initiatives as computer systems, advertising, equipment, recruiting – even training. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. In the final analysis, bureaucracy is every company’s greatest threat.

Bureaucracy 245

Bureaucracy Constraint Creativity Discount 245