I think we’ve all had moments when an ‘obvious’ idea is unreasonable, but inexplicably supported by others. “Obviously, we should create an engagement committee to handle the day to day for the financial governance committee. Engagement is a key driver of our financial results.” “Good point Drake, I’d hate to be someone who doesn’t support engagement or committees” Ideas can be soContinueContinue reading “Cult of the Obvious”
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Subtitles
One of the challenges with being a business practitioner and a philosopher is that your imagination sometimes takes over during meetings. The other day I was in a meeting with executives who were discussing a very complex problem. I started to notice a disparity between what everyone was saying and what they were communicating. Because one can only listen toContinueContinue reading “Subtitles”
The Demand of the Norm
In business there is an effect similar to gravity. A business’s history and culture acquires a mass of its own over time. That mass perpetuates the values and norms of the business. In large organizations the mass of its history becomes a monolith by many names “what we’ve always done,” “the right thing,” “what we learned last time,””weContinueContinue reading “The Demand of the Norm”
Return on Intelligence 