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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

Towards Flexibility and Productivity ; ran a panel event, Shaping the Future of Apprenticeships ; and hosted a skills roundtable in Huddersfield, where West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin acknowledged the value of apprenticeships for career development. We recently published our report on the Apprenticeship Levy 2.0, That work continues.

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Originals or How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leading Blog

Developing Original Ideas. They move before the market can support their idea. When you are the first to market, you have to make all of the mistakes yourself.” Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. Our audience needs more exposure to accept them. It speaks to their identity.

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36 Lessons for Business & Life from Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell

Leading Blog

He helped to build some of Silicon Valley’s greatest companies including Google, Apple, and Intuit and to create over a trillion dollars in market value. The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. B ILL CAMPBELL was one of the most influential background players in Silicon Valley.

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Why You Should Care About The Revenue Forecast

The Idolbuster

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. I cringed when I heard the story.

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How to Choose the Right Protégé

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of color who have developed young talent are 30% more satisfied with their career progress than those who haven’t built that base of support. The more diverse your team, the more likely you’ll have the toolkits necessary to solve the challenges outside your experience — and the less prone you’ll be to the perils of groupthink.

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You Don’t Need to Adopt Holacracy to Get Some of Its Benefits

Harvard Business Review

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Frank and honest leadership is usually enough. Holacracy, inspired by Agile software development , is optimized for adaptation, making these types of adjustments as a matter of course. These days, every enterprise needs to develop a culture of change.

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You Are What You Eat … And What You Read

Frank Sonnenberg Online

In it, he interviewed me about my approach to personal development. FrankSonnenbergOnline was named one of the “Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs” and is among the most frequently shared items on the Internet. I reached out to him to learn more about his approach to personal development. Frank Sonnenberg. Be your own person.

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