http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/tech/innovation/steve-jobs-philosophy/index.html?iref=obinsite
Organisation
Social Media
The world of communication is evolving at a fast pace. In the past we needed premium advertising to create consumer impressions. Today consumers are much more empowered. You need to communicate with them. We have more than 33 million fans on Coca-Cola facebook page – the largest facebook page of any single brand – and it wasn’t even created by us. You still need advertising, but that’s just part of a dialogue……… Continue reading
Many don’t realise what needs to be done to convert a vision into specific tasks
Every great leader has had an instinct for execution. He has said, in effect, “unless I can make this plan happen, it’s not going to matter.” But the selection, training and development of leaders doesn’t focus on this reality. Judging from our observations, a high proportion of those who actually rise to the top of a business organisation have made their mark – their personal ‘brand’ – as high level thinkers. Continue reading
Customer – Mahatma Gandhi
“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. Continue reading
Confront the brutal facts and act on the implications….
“…A key psychology for leading from good to great is the Stockdale Paradox. Retain absolute faith that you can and will prevail in the end regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be… Continue reading
Creating a climate where truth is heard….
“…A key psychology for leading from good to great is the Stockdale Paradox. Retain absolute faith that you can and will prevail in the end regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be… Create a culture wherein people have a tremendous opportunity to be heard and, ultimately, for the truth to be heard. Continue reading
Too many settle for being critics and experts…..
“…Who is the enemy? Who is holding back more rapid movement to the better society that is reasonable and possible with available resources? Who is responsible for the mediocre performance of so many of our institutions? Continue reading
The real organization is always a dense network of relationships…..
“The scientific search for the basic building blocks of life has revealed a startling fact: there are none. The deeper that physicists peer into the nature of reality, the only thing they find is relationships. Even sub-atomic particles do not exist alone. One physicist described neutrons, electrons, etc. as “. . .a set of relationships that reach outward to other things.” Continue reading
Communication and Conversation
Communication. A popular and narrow definition of communication is ” the exchange of ideas, messages and information”. In architecture, communication is the term for linking different spaces. A hallway, for instance, is a method of communication for the offices that open into it. we say Communication is any action that links separate elements into a larger system. Without communication, there is nothing in common: no teamwork, no mutual benefit and no business value.
Conversation.. Conversation is the uniquely human kind of communication. In the forms of impression(eg. Listening)and expression (eg. Speaking) conversation is how we learn about and influence the world and ourselves. Conversation is the language that causes perception, meaning, action, and learning most business writing about conversation is trivial compared to it’s real nature and power. The education of any leader is incomplete without an accurate working knowledge of how conversation causes perception, meaning , action, and learning.
– Mickey Connolly and Richard Rianoshek from ‘ the communication catalyst’
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