Who Shoulders Blame and Why Should We Care?
Ever miss seeing a person in your side-view mirror? When something goes wrong, pointing a finger's more often a first reactions rather than admitting a mistake? Ever wonder why blaming someone else comes so easily?Photo by a2gemmaConsider this sc

Memorize More - Outsource Less
"Try using your memory more," Stephen DeMaio cautions in the Mangement Tip of the Day at Harvard Business Publishing. Though today's technology opens a warehouse of tools to keep schedules, records of life - text, photos and other archives,

Joy of ChoosingToys
Ever wonder why toys seem so segregated in most stores? 'Pink and blue aisles" line most stores and there's no middle ground. Strict segregation separates boys' aisles from girls'. What if a girl wants a spaceship or a boy desires a kitchen set?On the heels of hearing an NPR radio broadcast in which Dads raising families discussed the separation of toys in stores by pink and blue and the clear division between the two, I went into Hobby House Toys to purchase a card game for one of my grandsons. I saw a wonderful integration of toys and games - toys that you just do not see in the big stores, such as marble runs, games and toys from abroad. How refr

Gary Hamel: Management's Out of Date
What was the greatest invention of human mind in last 100 years? "Invention of management," Gary Hamel suggested at the World Business Forum. "Basically this social technology has been used to manage human minds to accomplish an end." But here's the kicker according to Hamel, the author of the bestselling book on business strategy, Competing for the Future, "this social technology is out of date."Naturally as Hamel zeroed in on the human mind, he caught my inter

Questions Create Connection
"Interrupt me any time you have a question," Patrick Lencioni urged at the start of his presentation at the World Business Forum. What a difference questions make in