Posts Tagged ‘control’

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Economy

Economy? What economy? Is there a viable one left?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Own It

Remember how simple it used to be? Ok, so not of all you are that old….but if you are 35+ or maybe 40, you remember. Not that we thought it was so easy then. We still screwed up, drowned in complexity and complained like mad that “it wasn’t Rocket Science, come on!”

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