by Carol Sanford | Sep 13, 2010 | Business Development
The traditional motivation assumption is that life is about money, position or status relative to others and power over others, or some combination of these. This has led businesses to wide spread design of productivity programs and pay and progression systems that...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 12, 2010 | Business Development
I reviewed Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples, by Mark Dowie. This book is about the surprising upside-down effect of the conservation movement, especially in establishing the National Park Service. Without...
by Carol Sanford | Jul 26, 2010 | Business Development
Co-creators are any player in any part of the value-adding chain contribute to creating of products and services. To avoid conflicting minerals and other such problems, responsibility must go beyond the usually supply chain certification. This week’s blog focus is...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 13, 2010 | Business Development
Checklists and Systemic Frameworks are both important approaches to guiding human activity. But they are not interchangeable. Atul Gawande’s new wonderful book, Checklist Manifesto, does not make that clear. There is a real chance, that because of the book’s success...
by Carol Sanford | Oct 26, 2009 | Business Development
As many have said, “fear is the great immobilizer”. But when it happens in your company it is costly and painful. And I have talked to far too many entrepreneurial owners and mainstream executives who are engaging with fearful employees who are becoming immobilized....