How we work together If you have ever worked on bringing a new product to market, then you have an appreciation of how challenging it is to make sure the information flows to the right contributors at the right time (and that they don’t get information that they don’t need)…

James Q. Wilson This essay is inspired by the ideas in James Q. Wilson’s book Bureaucracy published in 1989 (#lindy). Do we got this? Managers at different levels and different parts of an organization are provided with a high-level mandate (e.g. maximize sales, innovate, ensure compliance etc.). A management system…

An old dog at a conference I once watched an experienced executive talk about his division’s strategy and reflect on its execution at an industry conference. I was familiar with the executive and the topic that was being discussed. Something bugged me about the presentation. It was an inside-view; only…