Tony Mayo

MAY 9, 2011

Scientists find ways to confirm their preferred hypothesis, disregarding what they don’t want to see. Our beliefs are a form of blindness. … We like to pretend that our experiments define the truth for us. But that’s often not the case. Just because an idea is true doesn’t mean it can be proved. And just [.].

Executive Coaching 100

Executive Coaching Execution 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Most decisions executives made were based on their own experience or intuition (to be charitable) or on the basis of their pet projects and personal biases (to be a little less charitable). Expanding an existing business into new corporate territory, or corporate venturing, was called "diversification," not innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Long-term Marketing Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

I saw mentions of Goldman's charitable activities Wednesday, but not a single defense of it (other than from Goldman's PR department ) as a company that puts clients first. A more popular line of reasoning is that Goldman (and other Wall Street firms) were always about ripping customers off. What was the back-story ?

Hedge 12

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

cities (each has a metropolitan-area population of a bit more than a million) without daily newspapers — another landmark in the sickeningly fast and sure-to-continue collapse of the once money-gushing U.S. It was a perfect combination of boss, colleagues, place, subject matter, and time of life. and I was getting ambitious.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Business Model Operations 14