Strategy Grand Tour
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No accountability at Identi.ca
Apparently I am "probably" a spammer. But it doesn't matter in any case... Ah, this is how an open system works, I see. Well, for one I haven't subscribed to anyone in a long time. Secondly I do not spam. Identica Cannot be Trusted This is about trust. How can I trust a service with ... Read more
Entreprenuership and Nonprofits (Social Enterprise), Some Links
Some links to Entrepreneurship and Nonprofits (Social Enterprise) Non-profits (better: Social Enterprise) Yunus and the Grameen Foundation, see TED talks, very powerful story of how to reconceive enterprise for social goals Peter Drucker wrote several books on managing Nonprofits in the early 1990s, good stuff Startups/Venture Capital Dave McClure http://500hats.typepad.com/ Steve Blank http://steveblank.com/ Eric Ries ... Read more
Doi Pui Hmong Village
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K146oS3tJ80
Everyone is smarter than me
I love Spolsky's blog. He has also written articles for Inc, such as the one on competition and strategy called Fire and Motion. In the article there is a great quote about how management for his company is not about employees quickly obeying directives. The biggest problem is getting people to tell me when I'm ... Read more
Sakichi Toyoda and the Five Whys Root Cause Analysis
Sakichi Toyoda and the Five Whys Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Company, is considered one of the greatest if not the greatest inventor of Japan and the father of Japanese Industrialization. His impact on the world should not be underestimated. As with most historical figures, our tasks are different because we live in ... Read more
The Five Most Important Questions – Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker is by far the most important management thinker of the 20th century. Even in 2010, his thinking and guidance is highly effective and has lost little of its lustre and value. The Five Most Important Questions Drucker formulated five "Most Important" questions to ask an organization. Each of them have subquestions which result. ... Read more
Strange Days – Magic, Superstition
Magic or Superstition Living in Thailand means being surrounded by ghosts, magic incantations, and spiritual seers. The longer one lives here the more the beliefs and their apparent reality prey upon the mind. Good Luck, Bad Luck Good luck is not just about avoiding the bad, but mitigating the bad. Only extreme religions think in ... Read more
Time Horizon
First, read the blog entry Nine Time Horizons - Connecting the Past to the Future from 2009-04-30 Definition of Time Horizon A time horizon is understood here as a cognitive structure in which planning and thinking about the future (and the past) can be effectively accomplished. The idea is that there is no intuition regarding ... Read more