He wanted to know and understand the details of why post-acquisition, we weren’t going to use the acquiring company’s systems and technologies immediately for business. He was screaming and yelling and saying that “I imagine your head being cut off right now.” The answer to his question was very simple. The acquiring company did not […]
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Boiling the Frog – Human Factors around Sharing
The parable of the boiled frog is told to create a shared understanding around the key challenges in coping with change. Frog in Hot Water The story as told by many over the years is that if you put a frog in hot boiling water that it will immediately jump out as a natural response […]
(COHEN) Trust GONE VIRAL! (SUTTON) My point is this: Trust is a violent act.
You think that we should have a conversation about TRUST? I talk about trust and leadership a lot and I believe that you need both but as pointed out to me by my good friend Matt Sutton, we are diluting the value of these words. In a paper put out by Harvard Business Review they talk […]