A consulting colleague recently described some research she did with a client: she helped key executives sort and analyze 3 months of calendar and email transactions. In most cases, executives maintained very insular networks--that is, they spent most of their time with and communicating with a very, very small set of people. Is this good? [...]
One of the clichés of retirement is the hard-driving business man who has no idea what to do with himself once he's left his career. All he does is drive his wife crazy. I think we can dispense with that stereotype (along with the bumbling Dad we see in too many commercials). In 2017 the [...]
Does it seem to you that Creativity comes in and out of style? In 1950 J. P. Guilford, then President of the American Psychological Association, urged a greater emphasis on creativity. When I began my business in 1994 it seemed the pendulum had swung the other way. My practice focused on 'creativity in business" and [...]
Results of the 2010 IBM Global CEO Study have just been released. The most exciting part of the study for me was this: About 60% of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52% for integrity and 35% for global thinking. Creative leaders are also more prepared to break with [...]
