by Brad Herbert | May 22, 2009 | Development
Great article from Seth Kahan on how to get change accelerated inside a large organization. I love the part about creating conversations with people and truly listening to them, giving them opportunities to shape the direction, and spreading the word. I experienced a...
by Brad Herbert | May 12, 2009 | Development
Author’s note: This post was written in 2009. It’s an early attempt at articulating the elements to include in an organizational framework. This evolved into the Adaptive Flow model. Growing an organization successfully is a really tough thing to do. You...
by Brad Herbert | May 7, 2009 | Development
I think Zappos is a fantastic company and I am absolutely intrigued by their values and how they truly use it to run the company. How many of us have had the bland corporate values exercise that barely got used and / or could be swapped with another company and no one...
by Brad Herbert | May 6, 2009 | Development
I enjoyed Seth Godin’s thoughts on how business models are evolving. I see this with many of my clients and hear the stress in leaders’ voices. Although it’s fantastic that we can do so many new things and reach so many new customers, it also means...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 11, 2009 | Development
Here’s an interesting article by Pankaj Ghemawat in the MIT Sloan Management Review discussing how managers can balance the financial risk of investing with the competitive risk of not investing during an economic downturn. Some key findings: The competitive...
by Brad Herbert | Apr 6, 2009 | Development
I turned 41 today and wanted to share some thoughts on life, aging, and family using the philosophy of Carl Jung as a metaphor. Bear with me – it’s only slightly geeky. Jung believed people have two primary mental functions: taking information in and...
