Unlock your Inner Neanderthal to Become a More Caring Leader
Did you see the latest news about Neanderthals? The bit about at least 20% of human DNA is from Neanderthals? It seems to me that this raises a lot of questions. Like what this tells us about “modern” humans. Maybe there is something really insightful we can glean from this. You know about the Neanderthals right? […]
How do Exoplanet Leaders Create Highly Sustainable Worlds? The 9 Leadership Principles of Really Prescient Aliens
So scientists are now finding a staggering number of exoplanets. My guess is that, eventually, we are going to find out that they harbor, or have harbored, an uncountable number of alien civilizations. I am also guessing that, of this huge number of alien civilizations, the vast majority will have, like us, destroyed or are […]
Does Your Leader Have Substance – or Just Style?
How do you distinguish between leadership style and substance? First-time leaders usually don’t understand how closely they are being watched and that even the smallest signals count. That means insubstantial styles and actions also. See my article in Warren Bennis’ Leadership Excellence
Can Siri Become a Great Leader? – The Coming Out of Synthetic Psychology
Siri has moved from being party trick to a useful and for some an invaluable digital assistant. Now there’s even a movie (“Her”) about a guy falling in love with Siri’s “sister”. But can Siri become a great leader as well as a great lover? I don’t see why not. The results from the latest Turing test (the test to […]
Can Good Leadership Trump Bad Corporate Genes? Why Tesla Should Buy Chrysler Out of Fiat
There’s that perennial debate about nature versus nurture. With companies it’s corporate genes and leadership. I think the issue is rearing its head again now that Fiat is buying out the rest of Chrysler that it doesn’t own. My prediction: it’s going to be a bust. Think about it. Two companies, both perennially unsuccessful, that […]
Did Nelson Mandela Use Quantum Leadership Techniques?
How do you lead and manage an organization when it has a billion people or more? Classical leadership theory addresses organizations of hundreds and thousands, but not millions or billions. Some organizations, such as government bureaucracies and religions, have reached that size. So we have to think about a new paradigm When you lead an […]
Business Acumen and the Bitcoin Bubble
The Guardian newspaper in the UK just published an article “Is Bitcoin about to change the world?”. When I see articles like that, it’s a big red flag; like appearing as Man or Woman of the Year on the cover page of Time magazine, which seems to always come before a fall The price of […]
The Emergence of Commissar Capitalism? – JP Morgan and the Settlement
We have all read that J.P Morgan has just agreed to pay $13 billion to the Feds for its transgressions during the financial crisis. I think that this is a just decision, otherwise I don’t think JP Morgan would have agreed to it. But there are some aspects of it which really worry me. For […]
Trump or Maxwell? Will Eike Batista Rise Again?
So I guess everyone knows about Eike Batista, the Brazilian who has, at least temporarily, fallen from grace. The big question: can he come back? I can think of two business personalities similar to Batista’s that we can view as possible models. One is Donald Trump (“the Donald”), the New York real-estate tycoon. The other […]
Are you confusing creativity and innovation?
OK this is one of my pet peeves; the frequent confusion between creativity and innovation. As in: “we are teaching people to be innovative by showing them how to brainstorm and create new ideas.” Sorry folks; that’s not innovation. Let me give you an example; when two people make love they can also make a baby. […]