You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

On one occasion, I was to talk with a number of Corporate Account Managers. I like money as well as the next person and there is a primal need to earn it and manage it prudently. I have found the attitude you describe in management, and in sales of all levels. Please don’t misunderstand me.

Banking 43

Banking Blog Human Resources Learning-by-Doing 43

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

For RIM, is it the small base of application developers, or the lack of a handful of key applications? Is it Apple's consumer appeal, or the declining influence of corporate IT managers? Developing effective strategy in turbulent times requires breaking with old habits and having difficult discussions.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

How often are management concepts subjected to recalls by the people who invented them? Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. Yet poor management systems can jeopardize lives in the air, at sea, on roads or in hospitals.

TBL 11

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

Incapable of raising the top line through organic growth, corporations turn to managerial and financial tricks to please shareholders. Boards incentivize CEOs to increase short-term profits by any means necessary, even if it means defunding research and development labs and personnel whose value creation may be a few years off.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8