Archive for October, 2006

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

DNA Test

“There is only one answer!!” ==== “God, it’s so simple….” ==== “Logically nothing else fits” == “it’s so clear, it’s always been the answer”.

Have I quoted, or even nearly quoted, you? On any, part or all of the above?

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Heat

How do you mitigate risk? How do you accelerate change? Are the two connected?

  • good point -- then we need to fix that -- because the concept should not just be academic. Its like the Tylenol crisis -- they owned up to it and are still in business.
  • Call me a skeptic or a cynic, but I can't help thinking that thoughts like this often sound good in a vaccuum, but tend not to work in the "real world". As much as I'd like to believe that being candid about our mistakes, problems, and issues will lead to a constructive discussion about how to avoid them or ...
  • Your number 3 is a key -- Harold Burson of Burson-Marsteller called it the "Take the wind out of the sails" strategy. If you are up front and honest about problems and issues the conversation changes
Monday, October 16th, 2006

Risk

A theme… our business and personal lives are intertwined. That is how we behave, one affects the other. True or false?