by Art Petty | Aug 31, 2010 | Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Every year, a number of the large consulting firms publish surveys outlining the issues that keep global corporate leaders awake at night. Inevitably, the topic turns to strategy and more specifically to the headaches and challenges of executing strategy. For those of...
by Art Petty | Aug 10, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Note from Art: Sometimes we all need a kick in the seat of the pants. A great friend and talented product manager once offered in a moment of frustration that he viewed his principal job as one of “managing reduced expectations.” This brilliant, but depressing turn of...
by Art Petty | Jul 28, 2010 | Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Take a poll in your firm on whether people feel responsible for innovation in their jobs or in their departments, and I’ll offer an educated guess on the outcome. Those involved in engineering, design, marketing and product management will feel a strong sense of...
by Art Petty | Apr 21, 2010 | Leadership, Management Innovation
Note from Art: This post is intended to push you in the direction of thinking about “what if?” and “why not?” and “how?” If you’re not thinking about possibilities and new approaches, you’re not really thinking. Anyone...
by Art Petty | Mar 17, 2010 | Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation
Dan Ariely offers an interesting piece in the April, 2010 Harvard Business Review on “Why Businesses Don’t Experiment.” In this brief essay (only available for a fee as of this writing), he offers two main reasons for the lack of experimentation: “…experiments require...
by Art Petty | Jan 31, 2010 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation
One of the recurring themes in my writing and teaching activities is the importance of blending the generations in the workplace. I’ve been a cheerleader for this cause for the past few years and I truly believe that good managers everywhere must find opportunities to...
