Phil Wolff: strategyManagement is a multiplayer game. What's in your playbook?Strategy on dijest. Regular reads: Strategy & Business, Profit Patterns, Corporate Blogging - Blog as your Front Porch- May 15, 2004 Other metaphors I like... California bans smoking in office buildings. People slip out for a smoke and huddle around the doors or the ashtrays in smoker exile. For those 5-15 minutes, your small group of fellow addicts shares the moment. Sometimes you break out in conversation. Usually casual, sometimes deep, occasionally the start of a labor union or a new product or a lawsuit. Despite yourselves, repetition of exposure fosters trust. And people take it from there. Sometimes I think of...http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/2004/05/02.html#a425 Why Sayers Wanted.- May 15, 2004 What's a "Why Sayer" LEO says: I suspect it may be an attempt at a play on 'nay-sayers' -- people who never do anything but criticize. 'Why-sayers' is a coinage that emphasizes positive thinking, creativity, and questioning authority. (Go Ikea!) On a flyer at Ikea: We're Hiring Why Sayers People who want to make things better. Make things more fun. More clever. People who aren't restricted by convention, but challenged by it. People who fit perfectly at Ikea. Because it's the why that...http://jobsat.ikea-usa.com/us/ |