January 2006
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Tell the Truth, part II
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So how do we tell the truth? Here are a few ways I found work: Inform the uniformed: Challenging the accepted situation by citing reality may get you sent to Siberia. But it depends on whom you’re talking to. Over time executives become ill informed – ironically – because timid employees avoid giving them bad…
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Tell the Truth
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Over time a company’s official history becomes ideology and people need the truth of reality to help them grow. On my first trip to Berlin I toured the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik including a number of museums and memorials describing the former communist state, the Berlin Wall, and life within its boundaries. We’re now well…
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The Bells remind Google who runs the Internet
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From the Wall Street Journal today: Phone Companies Set Off A Battle Over Internet Fees Large phone companies, setting the stage for a big battle ahead, hope to start charging Google Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp. and other Internet content providers for high-quality delivery of music, movies and the like over their telecommunications networks. Ah, the…
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The Anti-Trend
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Springwise offers a handy heuristic for forecasting… Talk about conflicting trends: domestic outsourcing is more popular than ever, yet at the same time consumers are DIY-ing like there’s no tomorrow: as a hobby or to save money. For every trend, there’s an anti-trend!
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Govindarajan on the new innovation
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William J. Holstein interviews Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan for the New York Times. Here’s an excerpt: Q. So would you say the chief executive has an important role in making breakthrough innovation possible? A. A tremendously important role. I consider the C.E.O.’s role in the modern corporation to be building the capacity to continuously innovate…