by Art Petty | Aug 29, 2011 | Leadership, Management Innovation
One of the exciting parts of living and working through “these interesting times,” comes from the opportunity to apply the tools of management in new ways and forms to today’s complex problems. This “management innovation” as Dr. Gary Hamel describes it, is much...
by Art Petty | Apr 11, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Note from Art: effective leaders keep an eye on the future. Instead of my usual soft skills focus, I’m challenging all of us to think about the tools of the trade and our processes for working together. — As technology finally begins to catch up to our...
by Art Petty | Mar 4, 2011 | Decision-Making, Management Innovation
Note from Art: every week, I share three thought-provoking management posts for the week. Fair warning: I take a broad view of management, so my selections will range from leadership to innovation to finance and personal development and beyond. This week’s...
by Art Petty | Jan 19, 2011 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Project Management
There’s no doubt we live in interesting times…a true Dickensian Best of Times, Worst of Times environment, filled with remarkable opportunities and equally remarkable personal, competitive, societal and global challenges. Over the past few years and few thousand...
by Art Petty | Jan 12, 2011 | Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Over the past few weeks, I’ve connected with some brilliant individuals in multiple entrepreneurial organizations. In every instance, I heard some form of “We want to change the world” as these high-energy individuals described their ideas and their motivation. I...
by Art Petty | Jan 5, 2011 | Decision-Making, Management Innovation, Strategy
Note from Art: this one is intended to jump-start your thinking. Expect more from me on this important topic. Idea generation is core to everything we do in our organizations. We generate ideas to solve problems, serve customers, compete with adversaries, structure...
