Category: Insights
Be Valued More by Sharing Your (Contextual) Knowledge in the Era of AI
Insight #375: In organizations, knowledge only has value if it is useful and if someone actually finds a use for it. And in organizations,...
The Parking Lot As Measure of Performance
Insight #374: Pay attention, for I am about to answer two questions about managers in general, and about your boss specifically. I know you...
Don’t Micromanage Your Absolute Advantage Into Comparatively Nothing
Insight #373: Here’s a lesson for leaders, managers, and bosses with an urge to micromanage. It’s basic economics, so please concentrate....
You Should Manage Fear if You Want Appropriate Outcomes
Insight #372: I worry about fear in the workplace. Don’t misunderstand me. A little fear is a useful management tool. But I’m talking about...
How To Tell Why They Hired You As the Expert
Insight #371: Did you know they pay you for the contribution you make? Not for your experience or expertise. Initially, they might hire you...
The Key Side-Effect of Taking the Latest Corporate Weight-Loss Drug
Insight #370: Is your organization one of the many now on the new weight-loss drug? Actually, although this is a new drug, organizations seem...
Kill Your Fly Report To Add Buzz to Your Data
Insight #369: Once upon a time, in a forest spread out over hills and valleys, lived a forester all alone in a wooden cabin....
What To Think in the Absence of Nonsense
Insight #368: Did you know that you always have a shadow following you around? It does not matter where you go or what...
Sage Advice for Limping Leaders and Fed Up Followers
Insight #367: Here’s a lesson for any limping leader, a lesson from a Mister Vladimir Lenin. Yes, that guy, the one who led the...
Why You Should Boss Like a Gangster
Insight #366: One benefit of being a boss is that you get to give orders. You don’t suggest politely; you tell bluntly. You don’t...
Reach Out, Nonsense Is Right in Front of You
Insight #365: Would you like to guess what I see as the biggest mistake people make about nonsense? A mistake even I still make?...
How To Tell if Your Company Is Starting To Smell
Insight #364: A funny thing happened on the way to the fish market…...
