by Carol Sanford | Jul 13, 2011 | Business Development
Providing feedback to peers, subordinates, and even superiors—particularly the 360 Degree view of performance appraisal—became popular as scientists and engineers began to understand how cybernetic systems work in computer applications. The creators of these...
by Editor | Jul 5, 2011 | Business Development
Last week Umair Haque asked via Twitter, “Why is it that people do not seem to care about other than themselves?” In our world greed runs amok in financial institutions, businesses ignore their impacts on Earth and the people they affect, and economic systems create...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 28, 2011 | Business Development
Even before President Obama offered the annual State of the Union address this week many journalists had already dissected and responded to it from pre-issued copies. David Brooks of the New York Times gave a very interesting set of suggestions to Obama in the frame...
by Carol Sanford | Nov 29, 2010 | Business Development
Steve Denning wrote a wonderful blog this week on the power of story-telling for use in change. He points out that “the power of storytelling rests on people-centered values. By contrast, the values of the traditional organization are related to things: making money,...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 12, 2010 | Business Development
We all like to think of ourselves as rationale, but so often we are not. So why are we surprised when Executives like Mark Hurd of HP make bad choices. It does raise the question about what drives irrational behavior. And how this behavior can include some...