"A beginner's mind takes you where you need to go" (traditional Zen saying)
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“As we make our way through the challenges of the global economic crisis, high-impact performers are in demand. I’m speaking here of the indispensible workers who are willing to do what it takes to help the company succeed even in the most difficult of times. Those who pick up the slack when the organization is forced to cut back; those whose ideas save time, money, and effort; those with a positive outlook who help keep the organization moving forward.
.. http://bit.ly/cwYJMGLabels: Marshall Goldsmith, recession, retention, talent
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from mick's leadership blog
I’ve just been reading Seth’s blog – his latest post is about genius. His most telling point – that “Genius is actually the eventual public recognition of dozens (or hundreds) of failed attempts at solving a problem” rather than some lightning bolt of insight.
This led me to wander around for a while, and I came back to Elizabeth Gilbert’s inspiring TED talk from 2009.She takes on the idea that creativity is intertwined with being a “tortured artist”. Telling the story of creativity and artistry since the time of the Greeks, via the renaissance, she brings the story up to date with Tom Waits. Here’s a portion of the transcript of Elizabeth’s talk:
... http://bit.ly/bsfQi6Labels: creativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, ideas, innovation, seth godin
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Essentially the study suggests that more intelligent people are more likely to adopt new preferences and values. But it also says that intelligence does not correlate with values that are shaped by evolution over the millennia.
“Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds."
Labels: culture, intelligence, Royal Society of Arts, sexuality, values
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Pew Research Report on the Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.
Insightful new research from the Pew Research Center on “The Millennials”.
It is a fascinating report. And, whilst the Pew research reflects the great American “melting pot”, the findings seem to me to ring true for Europe, too.
I found one item of particular note – that the young seem to be more tolerant of the status quo than their elders. If you dig into the report, it seems that there is more tolerance of the generation gap than there was in the 1960’s, for example.
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This is not a crisis of faulty brakes and accelerators, but a leadership crisis. During Chrysler’s 1980s crisis, CEO Lee Iacocca took charge, restoring consumer trust and prosperity. When General Motors emerged from bankruptcy last summer, Chairman Ed Whitacre became the trustworthy, determined face of the company’s comeback.
Toyota needs a credible leader with a strong, cohesive plan.Labels: leadership, Toyota
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Labels: execution, leadership, strategy
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In the awards preamble, IBA notes that the “International Association of Businesses recommends these management blogs for the TOP 10 Management blogs for 2010. Management is a continual learning process that occurs in a multitude of categories. For our purposes, we are looking at the TOP 10 Management Blogs which include .. 8 sub categories.”
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