business models, business strategy, Reviews
How do you manage uncertainty when, by definition, it involves wrestling with stuff that’s difficult–and sometimes impossible–to predict? It all starts with understanding (and then leveraging) your competitive advantages, says Keith Bickel, author of...
business models, Entrepreneurship, Reviews, Workforce
I recently reviewed Beyond Performance. It’s an interesting book in which co-authors Scott Keller and Colin Price argue that: “Performance-focused leaders invest heavily in those things that enable targets to be met quarter by quarter, year by year. What they...
Professional Development, Reviews
Mention PowerPoint, and just about everyone will tell you they hate it. But why do we blame the tool for the fact that presenters abuse it (a lot)? In Speaking PowerPoint: The New Language of Business, Bruce Gabrielle makes a compelling case for Microsoft’s...
Business, Entrepreneurship, innovation, Reviews, Workflow, Workshifting
People seem to envy those of us who don’t work out of corporate offices because we get to set our hours and select our work settings. But what often gets lost is that we, too, have to have a routine. Otherwise, how would we ever get anything done? My latest post...
