by Carol Sanford | Feb 25, 2011 | Business Development
This morning I read Margaret Heffernan’s post on BNET blog and almost cried. I just spent four days at the Apple Store in Lynnwood, WA getting my new MacBook Air and solving a few problems with Mobile Mac. It was a magnificent experience. I felt completely cared for...
by Carol Sanford | Feb 11, 2011 | Business Development
On Monday we looked at building intrinsic capability to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life. On Wednesday I offered an overview of one great thinker’s suggestion for doing such capability building. Matthew E. May wrote a wonderful fable based on the Zen...
by Carol Sanford | Dec 15, 2010 | Business Development
Daniel Pink’s new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, is very refreshing given that the upside down version of the theory behind his book has been embedded for years in Corporate America as well as government, not for profits, education...
by Carol Sanford | Dec 1, 2010 | Business Development
On Monday I explored the value and utility of using the narrative form of writing, drawing on fiction in business books. And building from Steve Denning’s, theories and writings, the author of The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace...
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,...