In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 7, 2011

by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Bottom line, I love a challenge and I’m every bit as goal-oriented as I was thirty years ago. Warren Staley (Cargill) supports Habitat for Humanity with a hammer, a saw and a wallet. Human Resources.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

I achieved my goal by not my aim. That happens a lot, we honestly translate aims to goals. And then we do stupid things in the name of the goal get it the way of the aim. We forget the aim sometimes and put the goal in its place. Mike Tveite, Achieving goals but failing to achieve the aim.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 6, 2011

by John • June 6, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. Hammered by Wall Street in 2008, the stock has finally crawled back to its 2006 highs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The rise of experimental evaluations within organizations — or what economists refer to as field experiments — has the potential to transform organizational decision-making, providing fresh insight into areas ranging from product design to human resources to public policy. Use a big hammer.

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Hammer Advertising How To Customer Loyalty 8