I’ve never knowingly had my IQ tested but I’m pretty sure they did it in grade school because my teachers constantly told me that my grades were far below what my intelligence tests predicted. I was apparently a slacker before the word was coined.
Marshall McLuhan was a brilliant professor who coined the phrase “the medium is the message”.
A SEA Change is a profound or notable transformation. The SEA Change happening in Columbus, Ohio will be showcased in the form of a festival. There will be two back-to-back days focused on the raising up of Social Businesses into the consciousness of Ohio.
One of the guys I respect most, David Camiener, has taught me a lot since we met in a peer group (Vistage) in 1995. I’m still learning one of the best lessons ever.
Several times a year, my son, Tim, and friend, Brian Bowers, and I speak to business management classes at Ohio State. Among the topics most discussed is managing people.
We all have plans. But until a plan is written, it’s not real.
A friend recently asked me a couple of interesting questions:
As I look back I am grateful for so much. Lately I’ve been thinking about gratitude I still have for people who believed in me. In fact, I have a list of people who have given me confidence and courage and I’m still updating that list at 63.
In MBA school in my mid-fifties, some of what I learned was just attaching bigger words to stuff I already knew from experience. Others, such as the three-legged stool lesson taught by Jay Barney in Organizational Architecture class planted fundamental lessons that will never leave me.
The first step to creating a more effective organization is determining how to deploy your resources. There are no exceptions. Consider the following:
