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 22, 2010 | Business Development
John Bussey, a business journalist for the Wall Street Journal, on Nov. 22, 2010 interviewed the WSJ CEO Council on “what can companies do to help the economy improve?” The group took to heart the poll data that showed very low approval ratings or confidence in...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 28, 2010 | Business Development
There is No Such Thing as Social Responsibility: There is only Responsibility When I was a kid, grandparents and even extended community such as schoolteachers and Sunday School teacher never talked about responsibility as being of special kinds or classes. My...
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 | Sep 7, 2010 | Business Development
When I was a kid, I loved to figure out how things worked. I did not so much take them apart, although I did sometimes, as try them out on every possible use. I took a small motor my grandfather used for garden tools and hooked it up to an electric clock to see what...