125 Old Habits and New Rituals (with Mike Norton)
Harvard Business
JUNE 9, 2021
Youngme and Felix invite their friend and renowned author, professor Mike Norton, to discuss the old habits and new rituals we have formed during the pandemic.
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Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid
Rajesh Setty
JULY 2, 2013
It was great way to start the second half of 2013 with a phone conversation with Richie Norton , the author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid. entrepreneurship Leadership Main Page fear interview pride procrastination richie norton starting something stupid This is Richie’s second book (after Resumes are Dead and What to Do About It ). Richie shared with me that the book was the result of his quest to find out what makes some people successful.
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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Disney and Pixar’s Soul
Joseph Lalonde
JANUARY 3, 2021
Starring Jamie Foxx as Joe, Tina Fey as the stubborn young soul 22, and Graham Norton as Moonwind, Soul tells Joe’s story. A Reel Leadership Article. Disney and Pixar’s latest animated film skipped the movie theaters and headed straight to the Disney Plus.
On Stupid Ideas
Lead Change Blog
JULY 8, 2013
Seth Godin, Tribes I recently completed The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton with Natalie Norton. Posted in Community Involvement Self Leadership In a battle between two ideas… the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it. As the authors state in the subtitle, starting something stupid is a great way to crush fear, [.]. Community Involvement Self Leadership Commitment government ideas Leadership Development risk Stupid Ideas
Intuition Pumps: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 9, 2013
Norton & Company (2013) Here is a process of natural selection that could (perhaps) help to achieve metacognition With regard to the title, Daniel Dennett observes, “Intuition pumps have been a dominant force in philosophy for centuries. Norton & Company Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Daniel C. Dennett W.W.
The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Here is the introduction to an interview of Henry Chesbrough conducted by Ron Norton for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other sources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photograph courtesy of Henry Chesbrough * * * To escape the commodity trap — and to [.].
Not What Sandberg Had In Mind – This One May Need to “Lean Out”
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 28, 2015
Karl''s blog entries Amazon.com Belknap Creative Communication Network Dr. Melvin Konner Emory University Facebook first friday book synopsis Good Morning America Harvard Huffington Post Johnstone Professor of Psychology Lean In Norton Randy Mayeux Sheryl Sandberg Steven Pinker The Better Angels of our Nature The Evolution of Childhood Women After All A new book about gender has created controversy, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons.
The Second Machine Age: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 17, 2014
Norton & Company (2014) “Technology is not destiny. Norton & Company The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee W.W. We shape our destiny.“ “ Opinions vary as to the timeframe of the Industrial Revolution and there is also disagreement as to whether or not it was in […].
Need More Time? Try This!
Dave Bratcher
JULY 24, 2013
It is based on a study reported in the Harvard Business Review IDEACast , from a research team which included Cassie Mogilner ( @cmogilner ) of Wharton School , Zoe Chance of Yale , and Michael Norton of Harvard. Your email: Leadership #leadership @davebratcher @jsunnews Cassie Mogilner charity Dave Bratcher harvard business review Harvard Business School hbr ideacast IDEACast Jackson Sun leadership Michael Norton nonprofit The Jackson Sun time Wharton School Yale University Zoe Chance
The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising
First Friday Book Synopsis
JANUARY 4, 2012
One of the most popular books for our CCN on-site presentations last year was The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr (New York: Norton, 2010). Karl's blog entries Amazon e-book Elizabeth Eisenstein Frank Luntz Hyperion It's Not What You Say It's What People Hear Johannes Gutenberg John Updike Kindle Nicholas Carr Norton The Shallows Wall Street Journal What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains Wikipedia Words that Work
The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 3, 2012
Here is the introduction to an interview of Henry Chesbrough conducted by Ron Norton for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other sources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photograph courtesy of Henry Chesbrough * * * To escape the commodity [.].
City Slickers: 5 Books About The Urban Experience
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Norton & Company Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Franklyn Cater for National Public Radio (NPR), “A thriving media organization at the forefront of digital innovation, NPR creates and distributes award-winning news, information, and music programming to a network of 975 independent stations. Through them, NPR programming reaches 26 million listeners every week.” To read […].
The Strategy-Focused Organization: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 15, 2011
Norton Harvard Business Press (2000) The Perilous “Journey&# to Breakthrough Performance Note: This is another “business classic” I read when it was first published and then recently re-read it. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Kaplan and David P.
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This Explains Everything: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Norton Mozart Paul Steinhardt Picasso Pollock Richard Dawkins Robert Boyle Robert Hooke Shakespeare Steven Pinker Stravinsky The Lunar Society of Birmingham the Royal Society This Explains Everything This Will Make You Smarter
Booz & Company’s “Thought Leader Interview” Series: Sylvia Nasar
First Friday Book Synopsis
JANUARY 30, 2012
Here is the introduction to an interview of Sylvia Nasar by Rob Norton as part of “The Thought Leader Interview” series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * [.].
Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 1/21/13)
First Friday Book Synopsis
JANUARY 27, 2013
Norton Frank Luntz on the FRONTLINE high-impact books become business classics?” I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova The Fourth Great Awakening & the Future of Egalitarianism Robert [.].
Levers of Organization Design: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 13, 2011
Levers of Organization Design: How Managers Use Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment Robert Simons Harvard Business Press (2005) Eloquent and Essential Practicality Unlike subtitles of so many other recently published business books, the one for Levers of Organization Design correctly identifies its author’s primary objective: to explain “how managers use accountability systems&# to [.]. Bob's blog entries an appropriate "unit structure” David P.
Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris: Week of 10/29/12
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
Koehn Nancy Lane Nassim Nicholas Taleb Poets & Quants Robert Hooijberg Ron Norton Rosabeth Moss Kanter strategy+business magazine TED The Clash of the Cultures The Leader’s Pocket Guide The Management Century The New York Times The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough Tony Schwartz Various Contributors Walter Kiechel III World’s 50 Best Business School Professors
Adam Segal on “The Innovation Advantage”
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 23, 2011
NortonHere is an excerot from Laura W. Geller’s interview of Adam Segal for the “True Tales of Fortune” series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out a wealth of other resources, sign up for email updates, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * [.].
Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Norton David Robertson Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Erik Brynjolfsson Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy Henry Chesbrough How to use technology effectively to support your organization’s strategy Jeanne W.
After Mobility Comes Digital Context
Strategy Driven
MAY 20, 2016
David Norton, PhD is author of Digital Context 2.0: Marketing & Sales david norton digital context marketing and sales stone mantel strategydrivenSo, you’re thinking about turning the idea you have had in the back of your head into a full-blown start-up? Maybe build an app or two? Have you considered how your new solution will fit into your customer’s personal data ecosphere? By 2020, the number of Internet-connected devices is likely to range between 26 and 50 billion.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 7, 2011
Norton Elizabeth Powers Gary L. HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].
How the Ikea Effect Can Ruin Your Consulting Business
David A Fields
JULY 13, 2016
A few years ago Michael Norton and his buddies wrote about “The Ikea Effect” which they describe this way: “When people construct products themselves, they come to overvalue their (often poorly made) creations.” Norton’s gang studied their hypothesis using origami, which is not a product most people buy, but was undoubtedly easier for the researchers to haul around than pallets of build-it-yourself kitchens.
How do you measure the long term success of an MD?
Chartered Management Institute
MAY 23, 2011
absentee levels business performance capital invested customer retention customer satisfaction innovating innovation Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard labour turnover performance measurement personal development profit revenue sustainable performanceMeasuring performance of the MD through hard, soft, personal and strategic measurements and bring all these measurements together in a coherent manner.
How do you measure the long term success of an MD?
Chartered Management Institute
MAY 23, 2011
absentee levels business performance capital invested customer retention customer satisfaction innovating innovation Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard labour turnover performance measurement personal development profit revenue sustainable performanceMeasuring performance of the MD through hard, soft, personal and strategic measurements and bring all these measurements together in a coherent manner.
What happens when you fake it?
Jason Womack
MAY 20, 2013
Norton of Harvard Business School and Dan Ariely of Duke University. I opened my email up to an article titled, "Are you faking it?" and laughed out loud. Then…I read about a study designed by some heavy-duty psychologists and thought, "Wow, there''s something here.". Why do you want to be more productive? Really? I read an HBR update recently, a quick note about a study coordinated by Francesca Gino and Michael I.
Book Review: The Power Of Starting Something Stupid
Tim Milburn
MARCH 22, 2013
I was given a copy of Richie Norton’s book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid. I was intrigued by the title and the fact that Norton had written this book with his wife. Norton’s motivation for both the book and the principles he espouses within the book are born out of one of the greatest of tragedies – the loss of his newborn son. From this point of view, Norton walks the reader through the possibilities and potential that each of us have.
The Balanced Scorecard: Do’s and Don’ts
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Norton developed in much greater depth and detail a concept they introduced previously in an HBR article (January/February, 1992): the balanced scorecard. In a book published in 1996, The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. As they explain in their Preface, “the Balanced Scorecard [BSC] evolved from an improved [.].
Where is your cave?
Chartered Management Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
In the movie Fight Club the lead character, played by Edward Norton, attends various support groups in a bid to cure his insomnia. At one such group it is suggested that he finds his 'cave' to shut off the maelstrom of the outside world and find peace. You are not watching this post, click to start watching
Why Is Strategy Execution So Hard? The Odds Are Against Us
Six Disciplines
APRIL 13, 2011
Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [2] Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [3] Effective execution of strategy seems to be an elusive goal. As Fortune Magazine noted in 1982, "Less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed.". After two decades of the application of even the most modern and innovative business principles, the problem remains.
The Strategy Book
Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
The tools include: SWOT analysis, Porter's 5 forces of competition, McKinsey's 7-S framework, BCG’s product portfolio matrix, Kim and Mauborgne's blue ocean, Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard, Mintzberg’s deliberate and emergent, Prahalad's bottom of the pyramid and twenty-one more. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. “Strategy is about shaping the future,” writes Max McKeown.
The Disconnect Between Strategy And Execution
Six Disciplines
MAY 10, 2011
While all of us agree there's a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy execution, the developers of the Balanced Scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton) offer up this terrifying observation: On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy.
Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid
Leading Blog
JANUARY 6, 2014
Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. The Power of Starting Something Stupid is about finding the courage to do the things you don’t feel you are ready to do. What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas? Stupid is the New Smart—the common denominator for success, creativity, and innovation in business and life.
A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System
Six Disciplines
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. It's interesting to note that Kaplan and Norton's description of such a "closed-loop management system" very closely parallels that of the Six Disciplines complete strategy execution program.
A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System
Six Disciplines
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. It's interesting to note that Kaplan and Norton's description of such a "closed-loop management system" very closely parallels that of the Six Disciplines complete strategy execution program.
4 Ways To End Destructive Pride
Tanveer Naseer
AUGUST 13, 2013
The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Richie Norton is the founder and CEO of Global Consulting Circle, a Hawaii-based boutique international business development company. Why do so many people, businesses, marriages, and even entire empires fall? We’ve probably heard the proverb “Pride goeth before a fall” but could the answer really be that simple?
The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change
Six Disciplines
AUGUST 1, 2011
Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. Key highlights from the interview: The research that Dr Robert Kaplan, myself and our colleagues at the Palladium Group have done over the years indicate that there are five common principle s that are found in successful companies.
Balanced Scorecard - The Next Big Thing?
Six Disciplines
APRIL 4, 2011
Developed at the Harvard Business School by David Norton and Robert Kaplan in the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) represents the newest and most prolific performance measurement system since Total Quality Management (TQM) and Management by Objectives (MBO). Many corporate managers have been introduced to a corporate management system called the Balanced Scorecard.
The Thought Leader Interview: Sylvia Nasar
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Here is the introduction to an interview of Sylvia Nasar by Rob Norton as part of “The Thought Leader Interview” series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * [.].
The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change
Six Disciplines
AUGUST 1, 2011
Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. Key highlights from the interview: The research that Dr Robert Kaplan, myself and our colleagues at the Palladium Group have done over the years indicate that there are five common principle s that are found in successful companies.
The Two-Minute Game that Reveals How People Perceive You
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2013
This video, presented by Harvard Business School associate professor Michael Norton, is a game. In fact, it''s the same game Norton used in research he recently conducted, so when you play the game here, you''ll be doing exactly what Norton''s subjects did. Once you have a friend with you, just play the video and listen to Norton''s instructions. When you''re done, Norton will walk you through his findings. For more, read Norton and co-author Evan P.
Leaders Can’t Execute Strategy
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 24, 2017
Norton and their Palladium associates. Guest post from Robin Speculand: Leaders across the world have been taught how to plan but not how to execute. Every university offering a business degree has on their faculty a professor teaching strategy but almost none have a professor teaching its execution. This has left a skills gap among today’s leaders that heavily contributes to the downfall of company attempts to execute their strategy, resulting in loss of market and shareholder value.
Israel Isn’t the Only Country That Thinks CEOs Should Earn Less
Harvard Business
APRIL 8, 2016
According to a study my HBR colleague Gretchen Gavett covered in 2014, researchers Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael Norton found that people in Israel put the ideal CEO-to-worker pay ratio at almost half of what Americans said it should be. But according to Kiatpongsan and Norton’s study, the ideal multiplier in Israel is 3.6. “Everyone complains about the weather,” Mark Twain is supposed to have said, “but no one does anything about it.”
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