by Art Petty | Jan 27, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
Without exception, the healthiest businesses that I work with are those that offer a workplace environment and atmosphere that encourage a free-flow of ideas ranging from outlandish to “I can’t believe we didn’t think of that before.” It is the part of the natural...
by Art Petty | Jan 25, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
No one wants to fail. It’s not something that we typically seek out as part of our personal and organizational character building experience. However, from a distance, we tend to mythologize failure, especially in the context of achieving future success. Run a web...
by Art Petty | Jan 22, 2010 | Leadership
Note from Art…hey, these can’t all be deep! Have some fun with the idea and maybe we’ll start a revolution in leader selection in the process. I cannot claim this as an original idea. I was re-reading Tom Kelley’s outstanding book, The Art of Innovation, based on...
by Art Petty | Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Note from Art: my rant is dedicated to helping keep what is in some circumstances a reasonable business tactic from becoming the latest value-destroying mania. I wrote last week on “Thoughts on Leading and Managing in the Era of the Disposable Worker.” The post was...
by Art Petty | Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to step out of sync with the modern world and find yourself lost in a sea of terms, tools and technologies that are foreign and even intimidating. I’m working with more and more mid-life individuals interested in reinventing themselves in new careers, and...