by Art Petty | Apr 28, 2009 | Leadership, Leading Change, Strategy
There is a fascinating article on Change Management in a recent issue (Issue 2/2009) of the McKinsey Quarterly (subscription required) by Carolyn Aiken and Scott Keller, entitled: “The Irrational Side of Change Management.” And while much has been written over the...
by Art Petty | Apr 16, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Strategy
The McKinsey Quarterly (subscription required) just released the results of its latest survey on corporate strategic planning activities in an article entitled: Strategic Planning: Three tips for 2009. Key results include: 47% of executives surveyed indicated that...
by Art Petty | Mar 10, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Strategy
There’s enough negative going around. Here’s a few worth reading that will leave you thinking and maybe even feeling a bit more upbeat. I’ll Have Fries with that Strategy and Please Pass the Data Students of strategy and performance excellence might want to take a...
by Art Petty | Mar 3, 2009 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Product Management, Project Management, Strategy
One of the themes that I hear consistently in workshops and in discussions with the professionals in my MBA classes is frustration over the propensity of a firm’s leaders to never say “No” to a project. Lacking a viable mechanism to compare, evaluate and select and...
by Art Petty | Jan 23, 2009 | Marketing, Strategy
Note from Art: I plan on chronicling my experience in several posts over the next few weeks, with an exciting new men’s clothing/shopping service that I was introduced to called Trunk Club. I’m not sure if I’m more excited about the solution to my fashion...
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...
