Category: evergreen
The Corporate Boat Race
An American automobile company and a Japanese auto company decided to have a competitive boat race on the Detroit River. Both teams practised hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day, they were as ready as they could be. The Japanese team won by a mile. Afterwards, the American team became…
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I Told You It Was Viable
One of the funniest things I’ve witnessed in an owner-managed business (OMB) was the Managing Director being presented with an idea that had been worked up into a plan. All the hard work that went into it proved the plan should not go ahead. This was evident from the Excel spreadsheet that showed the proposed…
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The first press release
The first press release was written in 1906 by Ivy Lee. After the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck, Lee issued what is often considered to be the very first press release, convincing the company to openly disclose information to journalists, before they could hear information from elsewhere. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Lee
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How to stop your CEO (or boss) from screwing up!
Your Friday Reading. I like it when senior people share experiences, over a period of time, in a really genuine and helpful way. Mitesh Sheth has done this here in a great post on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-stop-your-ceo-boss-from-screwing-up-mitesh-sheth This is one of many things that resonated with me: “We don’t hire smart people so we can tell them…
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Dilbert’s Words of Wisdom
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow’s not looking good either. I love deadlines. I especially love the swooshing sound they make as they go flying by. Tell me what you need, and I’ll tell you how to get along without it. Accept that some days you’re the…
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The brains of a four-year-old
The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and establishes whether you are qualified to be a “professional”. Scroll down for the answer. The questions are not that difficult. 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? . . . . . . . . . The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator,…
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