I put a link to this yesterday and started receiving emails with thoughts and comments. So, here’s the real deal. Kudos to The Royal Society of Account Planning. Cognitive Biases – A Visual Study Guide by the Royal Society of Account Planning  Read More →

You and I would run from any physician who prescribed a cure without first doing a thorough examination. Yet we get caught up in the “do, action, execution” themes that permeate our businesses. I’m all for getting things done. It would be a good idea if they were the right things. In business, “prognosis” is the mandatory forecasting that is required to project future needs, revenues, and stock analyst phone conversations.... 

Distraction is the new enemy of success. Everyone is consistently interrupted by emails, text messages, phone calls, and meetings–some called to discuss future meetings. That's not breaking news. But the result of this may be something you hadn't realized: mental exhaustion followed by frustration. Why frustration? Because you never properly finish what you started. How you focus your attention determines what you think about and... 

“Unless you are an hourly worker in America, boundaries between work and leisure are dead. Work bleeds into life, and life bleeds into work. People have the smart phone, aka the “digital leash”. Work will never be the same. It’s already gone.”           Kris Dunn, VP of People, DAXKO , The Blurring Line Between Work and Life ___________________________________________ Kris and the group speak the truth. We all know it... 

The rallying cry of product managers and politicians is “Choices! We offer choices!” My observation?  We really don’t like having too many choices. It makes us a little nervous. Every option leads to a chance to foul something up. Heck, a lot of people are more worried about not being wrong than about being right. So, we allow our experiences and habits to narrow our options to just a couple of familiar ones. It reduces the anxiety... 

 Yesterday I met with a corporate Executive VP in New York City. I’ll call him Phil. Phil said his division was struggling. But instead of leading the charge to turn things around, he was being called into meetings regularly to make lengthy, detailed, Powerpoint presentations explaining what was wrong. He was too busy doing business to be doing the business. Interestingly, one of his recommendations was for the company to get out of some...