General Electric (GE) was founded by Thomas Edison, one of the world’s greatest innovators, and was one of the world’s most successful corporations, but now some would say its value only lies in chopping the business up and selling it…
Is Business Doing The ‘Right Thing’ By Society Today?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in February posted on Facebook the statement: “I know a lot of us are thinking about how we can make the most positive impact in the world right now.” He then posed the question: “Are we…
We All Have A History
We All Have A History. We have all come from somewhere and have each experienced different things in our lives that have made us, for better and worse, who we are today. Each of us are great at some things…
Structure Before Strategy, Always
There exists a well-entrenched business principle that you first devise your strategy, and then create the structure to deliver it. It’s wrong. Structure Always Follows Strategy I was participating in an advisory board meeting last year for an Australian group that is…
They Will Never Catch Me
In today’s competitive market, you do not want to be a follower always playing catch up and looking to your competitors for signals of what to do next. But also, you do not want to be so far ahead of…