Centered leaders achieve extraordinary results
October 28, 2010 
Five capabilities are at the heart of centered leadership: finding meaning in work, converting emotions such as fear or stress into opportunity, leveraging connections and community, acting in the face of risk, and sustaining the energy that is the life force of change. A recent McKinsey global survey of executives ...
Thaughtful Conversations – 1
Every time I meet with Rick Thau, my mentor, and advisor (@thaughtful innovations), his wisdom and pragmatic thinking enriches my thinking and outlook. I had a nice ride to Monterey today to meet with Rick and our conversations started from his experience of selling time-share systems (sound just ...
Re-thinking: CIO Role in a 21st Century Corporation
There has been lot of discussions about the role of CIO in 21st century enterprises. While some pundits strongly argue and make their predictions on slowly diminishing role of CIOs – some strongly believe that CIOs should play a strategic role in shaping and preparing the enterprises for 21st century. Peter ...
When we were sleeping ….
.... a massive earthquake reduced the financial world to rubble. First, Globalization changed the business landscape - intensified global competition energy constraints, and politically instability will keep the tectonic plates keep shifting all the time. Second, the global economic crisis also challenged the long believed notion of market's invisible ...
Do You Twoodle?
What a week! I have been struggling this week (and many weeks, may be months, before) to focus on too many problems – there are way too many problems. Some problems are breeding new problems. I am less than pleased with Status Quos or Sacred Cows. Nor happy with mediocre ...
Leaders in the crisis
According to McKinsey(McKinsey August 2009), Many executives have found it difficult to look beyond addressing the short-term effects of the crisis. More notably, satisfaction levels are markedly lower when executives rate their overall performance. Relatively few executives are pleased with their performance when it comes to positioning their businesses for ...
No Sacred Cows: They Trample Innovation and Graze Productivity and Profits.
Companies today are working in an environment of incredible change. The customer base is shifting, technology is constantly changing, margins are shrinking and competition is stiffer. Whether change is abrupt or gradual, the rules that once worked have become outdated. Ignoring that reality is so devastating. The key to success ...
Who Needs Charisma?
" Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision, or powerful ideas. But the reality is much more primal. Great leadership works through the emotions." ...Daniel ...
Dance of Innovation
Rapid Innovation is a Way of Life. It is a dance – series of steps and a particular rhythm. If you get an idea, you need to run a very quick and dirty test of your idea. Immediately after your initial test, you need to ask yourselves: “What happened? What ...
