by Art Petty | Apr 25, 2011 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Strategy
Overheard: Why are we doing this project? I don’t know who is making these priority calls. They don’t make any sense. We’re so far removed from the customer, no one notices what we do. During my review, I was encouraged to innovate more. I don’t know what that means....
by Art Petty | Dec 8, 2010 | Leadership, Strategy
I started this book series to share the insights and approaches of some truly sharp people on solving vexing business problems. This particular interview with Gary Harpst, author of, Six Disciplines Execution Revolution and the earlier Six Disciplines for Excellence,...
by Art Petty | Sep 9, 2010 | Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
I’ve written on the topic of Strategy Fueled Leadership several times, and fresh off of a great podcast interview with Gary Harpst, author of Six Disciplines Execution Revolution (stay tuned for my posting) and my recent interview with Jocelyn Davis for Strategic...
by Art Petty | May 11, 2010 | Leadership, Project Management
As a long-time, self-described zealot for the importance of project managers developing as leaders, imagine how excited I was to learn about a conference devoted to just this topic! I’ve written at length in this blog (Learning to Lead in the Project Focused World and...
by Art Petty | May 5, 2010 | Decision-Making, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
Jocelyn R. Davis and Tom Atkinson offer some compelling thoughts on strategy in their article, “Need Speed? Slow Down,” in the May, 2010 Harvard Business Review. They describe the concept of strategic speed as one of reducing the time it takes to create...