by Art Petty | Jan 22, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Product Management
Three suggested links for busy professionals: Book Review: Outliers: For a thoughtful review of Malcolm Gladwell’s, Outliers, check out Wally Bock’s recent post at Three Star Leadership. This latest effort from Gladwell, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point...
by Art Petty | Jan 21, 2009 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
Believe it or not, this post was prompted by a conversation that I had with one of my MBA students the other evening. The fact that it coincides with the inauguration of our new President is coincidental. We were discussing the failure of many organizations to stop...
by Art Petty | Jan 14, 2009 | Leadership
One of my favorite, provocative business thinkers, Gary Hamel, says what we’ve all been thinking about in his Wall Street Journal blog post, “Too Many Industries Suffering from Detroititis.” While the term “Detroititis” is not yet in common use, it isn’t hard to...
by Art Petty | Jan 13, 2009 | Leadership
Some days others have created such interesting posts, the best thing that I can do is to encourage you to head in their direction. Today’s posts from some great pros are too good to pass up. Point your browser towards both of these and enjoy! Kris Dunn at The...
by Art Petty | Jan 12, 2009 | Career, Leadership
Every academic quarter for the past few years, a good colleague has invited me to be a guest speaker in her senior-level college management class and talk about leadership. I’m on the schedule tonight and I love this experience. It’s great to have to stand in...
by Art Petty | Jan 6, 2009 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
It is well established that wearing a bicycle helmet significantly reduces your chance of head injury should you fall. It’s also not a big leap to acknowledge that texting while driving is an open invitation to an accident. If you quit texting, put your hands on the...
