by Art Petty | Mar 5, 2017 | Leadership, Leading Change
Last week, The CEO and founder of Uber, Travis Kalanick, acknowledged after the latest in a series of misfires at the high-flying firm: “It’s time to grow up,” and that he “Will seek leadership help.” The misfires in recent weeks include a patent infringement...
by Art Petty | Feb 26, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change
One of the flaws of much of the literature and training on leadership, team development, and organizational change, is the search for the big fix. Frameworks, models and broad, sweeping programs are alluring, yet prove unwieldy in their translation from the page or...
by Art Petty | Feb 24, 2017 | Career, Leadership
One benefit of experience is the store of leadership mistakes we all have to draw upon in our current endeavors. For me, my leadership mistakes are occasionally the topic of my workshop and classroom cases and activities. I am a prolific case writer for...
by Art Petty | Feb 21, 2017 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Strategy
In Matthew May’s excellent, thought-provoking and helpful read, “Winning the Brain Game,” he describes seven flaws in our thinking processes that impede our success at innovating and solving problems in creative ways. One of those flaws, “Leaping,” is something I...
by Art Petty | Feb 19, 2017 | Leadership, Strategy
I’ve always enjoyed time-travel stories. What if in business, we could travel ahead in time to see our mistakes and then go back and correct them and change the future for the better? While Einstein and others suggest it is impossible, I beg to differ. In the...
