by Art Petty | Jun 16, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership
Imagine Lincoln’s thoughts as he watched the smoke from Confederate campfires rise into the sky just a few miles from the White House, well aware that there were insufficient troops to defend the city should they choose to attack. As a backdrop to this disturbing...
by Art Petty | Jun 15, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
It’s a great week of slowly rising temperatures here in Chicago, but still not prime time for iced coffee in the morning. Today’s cup is a dark, bold Papau New Guinea, roasted locally of course. Now before you skewer me for suggesting in the title of this post that...
by Art Petty | Jun 11, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management
There’s an excellent post entitled, “Sorry is not the final word, just the beginning,” by guest author and Product/Project Management Consultant, Lisa Winter at one of my favorite blogs: The Art of Project Management. hosted by the UCSC-Extension in Silicon Valley....
by Art Petty | Jun 9, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Management Innovation
Gary Hamel offers a post well worth reading on “Why Success Often Sows the Seeds of Failure,” in his Management 2.0 blog at the Wall Street Journal. He takes some tough and well-earned shots at the narrow-minded thinking of executives that foments the eventual demise...
by Art Petty | Jun 8, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Great news! Reading this weekly blog feature with your favorite cup of coffee might actually be proving beneficial to your health. At least the coffee part, that is. In “Good News for Coffee Addicts” in the June, 2009 Harvard Business Review, Dr. Thomas Lee cites a...