This photo was published yesterday on Twitter by Marcus Yam, a journalist from Los Angeles, who received the heart embroidered by the little girl while they were sheltering in the subway in Kyiv. For those of us who grew up with parents or grandparents who remembered World War II, the notion of being at war […]
Business Performance Metrics Every Entrepreneur Needs
“Without this information I would have gone out of business long ago.” Those are the words of a CEO in a recent conversation and he was not talking about Cost Accounting. Cost Accounting is not giving companies all the information they really need. That may seem astonishing but it is a fact. There is a […]
Organize, Control, Compete: Building Sustainable Growth for Businesses
The Problem Every business needs to grow to succeed. But company leaders feel torn: while they must develop and expand to succeed, at the same time, they must have control over the way they operate and manage risk. Trying to satisfy these needs simultaneously often leads to a situation of blockage, even paralysis. The context of the […]
20 Leadership Takeaways for Today’s Scenario (Part Two)
In Part One of this post, we stated that it was a joy for us at Intelligent Management to read an interview with Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips (over 80,000 employees worldwide) and to discover how much it mirrors the work we are doing with our own clients. It is a constant source of satisfaction […]
The Success of a Global CEO: 20 Leadership Takeaway Points from the Philips Journey
Whatever size and whatever sector your business may be in, there are powerful leadership takeaways from the impressive Philips journey. It was a joy for us at Intelligent Management to read an interview with Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips (over 80,000 employees worldwide) and to discover how much it mirrors the work we […]
A Year of Breakthrough Thinking
As we come to the close of a year and the beginning of a new one, many of us will be looking back at the adversities and satisfactions we experienced over the past 12 months. Below we have provided links to some of our posts that had the most impact throughout 2021, always with a […]
Why Doesn’t Every Company Use the Theory of Constraints to Succeed?
While visiting a plant last month, our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore, told the dramatic story of his experience at a German aluminium plant, part of a multi-billion, multi-national business. The General Manager had invited Domenico to give a presentation after hearing him speak at a Theory of Constraints (TOC) conference. In that plant, the hot mill […]
To Bring MBAs Up to Date, Don’t Add On Courses, Transform the Program
We’ve been saying it for years, but now even the Harvard Business Review is saying that MBAs need to update their programs. The article quotes Scott Cook, founder of Intuit: “When MBAs come to us, we have to fundamentally retrain them — nothing they learned will help them succeed at innovation.” The HBR article goes […]
Cause and Effect Reasoning Is an Essential Skill for Leaders
An article in the Harvard Business Review draws attention to the problem of confusing correlation with causation. “Western management has failed to understand cause and effect” W. Edwards Deming Mistaking correlation for cause can be dangerous.because it prevents us from understanding reality. Most importantly, if we do not nurture the ability to think cause […]
The Great Resignation – Companies Must Offer Meaningful Work
An article in this week’s Time Magazine states ‘Young People are Leaving their Jobs in Record Numbers – And Not going Back‘. The ‘Great Resignation” as it has been nicknamed reflects large numbers of people choosing not to recommit to regular jobs. This is bad news for companies who may not be able to find […]
