Plans don’t fail because they suck. They fail because their execution sucks.
Here’s a common scenario: A team gets together to discuss a new initiative or project. Members brainstorm for hours to document expected goals and outcomes.
An insane number of meetings follow, each of which is a discussion on new strategies or tactics to “perfect” the planned strategies.… Read more
Wisdom is probably the only thing that outlives time. In fact, the more certain pearls of wisdom age, the more relevant they become.
Oscar Wilde shared one such pearl in the late 1800s when he said:
“The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about.”
In the social-media-dominated era, most people are busy talking about themselves.… Read more
“In God we trust, the rest bring data,” W. Edward Deming, the father of kaizen, once said.
Data bridges the gap between fantasy (what we think happens) and reality (what really happens). It also seems widely popular among business executives, many of whom love to talk about crunching the numbers.… Read more
In an article, Rohit Kaul highlighted the Quantification bias, where we prioritize the immeasurable over the measurable. This is especially pronounced in the corporate world.
Rohit raised an important point. Tracking tangible numbers doesn’t just feel important; it’s also easier.… Read more
Is it Friday already? Times are a-flyin’.
Here are three interesting examples of what brands did when life threw them lemons. Some squeezed the hell out of them to make lemonade. Others, well…
In July 2020, Swedish milk company Oatly’s valuation skyrocketed to $2 billion.… Read more