by Art Petty | Apr 7, 2017 | Art of Managing, Career, Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
We’re taught from an early age in school what we need to do to earn the “A.” Unfortunately, the real world isn’t that structured, predictable, or kind. Learning to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty in business is essential for survival....
by Art Petty | Mar 26, 2017 | Career, Career Reinvention, Strategy
This started out as an article on the importance of letting go to move forward. It ended up as an article suggesting the dreams that inspired us in our youth offer important clues to our true potential and purpose in life. It turns out, letting go and pursuing the...
by Art Petty | Mar 24, 2017 | Career, High Performance Management Teams, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
Imagine taking on the simultaneous equation of solving for strengthening your firm’s performance, while growing as a leader and learning to be at your best all of the time. Admittedly, those are lofty ambitions on their own, and akin to climbing Everest without...
by Art Petty | Feb 21, 2017 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Strategy
In Matthew May’s excellent, thought-provoking and helpful read, “Winning the Brain Game,” he describes seven flaws in our thinking processes that impede our success at innovating and solving problems in creative ways. One of those flaws, “Leaping,” is something I...
by Art Petty | Feb 19, 2017 | Leadership, Strategy
I’ve always enjoyed time-travel stories. What if in business, we could travel ahead in time to see our mistakes and then go back and correct them and change the future for the better? While Einstein and others suggest it is impossible, I beg to differ. In the...
by Art Petty | Jan 24, 2017 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Everything about how we structure and manage our organizations is rooted in one objective: to achieve increasing levels of productivity. Create more at less cost with an increasing level of quality. Target more precisely and engage efficiently. Sell more with less...
