Know Self + Know Culture + Know Business = Leader.
Leaders = create vision to execute and implement, then communicate and reflect (feedback) on it and circle back to recreate the vision and keep everyone aligned to it. Performance is aligned with vision, not task or process.
This creates the right outcomes according to the [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Leadership Framework (outcome based)
Posted in leadership on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fed Funds at 1% again
Posted in economics, politics on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 2003, we had Fed Funds rates at 1%, at a time when prices were rising and the economy was still boiling even rebounding from the Internet Bubble and 9/11. This fueled irrational exuberance (as coined by Alan Greenspan) and fueled by his policies pushed money into a market that started taking bigger and bigger chances. [...]
Tech Connect Article regarding Invest Southwest
Posted in press on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Globalization creates Localization
Posted in economics, politics on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the world continues to globalize, we will continue to localize.
Resources will be polarized as community gardens and farmers markets will start to appear in your neighborhoods and exotics will become more scarce. The cost of moving goods around the globe is unsustainable as the reliance on oil becomes more of a burden. [...]
Cardiac arrest for the world economy…
Posted in economics on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The financial system is very much like a circulatory system that connects people together. Although the people are the financial institutions and the blood is the money. If blood does not flow from one person to the next, it shuts down. So we needed an EKG shock to bring it back to [...]
The Urban Lifestyle vs. Suburban Lifestyle
Posted in lifestyle on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Urban Lifestyle
Cafes
Live Music
Public Transportation
Apartments (minimal space)
Ethnic Restaurants
Cultural Diversity
Plays
Museums
Connectivity
Community
Zipcars
Diverse Shopping
Trends
High rises
Briefcases
Suits
Parks
Delivery
Parking problems
No place to escape (weekends drive to the country)
Finally, the desire to own something, land particularly (so move to the suburbs)
The Suburban Lifestyle
Large Homes
Lawns
Bar-b-ques
Neighborhoods
Community Centers
Shopping Malls
Driving
Lots of Cars
Neighborhood parks
Strip Malls
Fast Food
Mega-Bookstores
Starbucks
Grocery Warehouses
Mowing lawns
Pool Service
Housekeepers
Nanny’s
Car Washes
Freeways
Finally, the desire to experience something new (move to the [...]
Zipcar
Posted in Product Management, Product Marketing, Research, Travel, design, economics, energy, family, green, ideas, innovation, lifestyle, marketing, sustainability on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a environmental way to save a ton of money. More to come in future blogs. I will share how to put a Solar Panel on your home to immediately lower your energy burn.
Yet, for now the cost of a owning a car keeps climbing each year. So here are some [...]
Things to get passionate about…
Posted in Research, leadership, lifestyle on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few things I am about to get passionate about…
Ski instructor for the winter: Helitrax Telluride? Hire me.
White water instructor: put your paddle in the water
Learn a second language: Spanish
Golf School: shoot par
Run a Marathon and complete a Triathlon – putting the miles in…
Travel the world this year: Geneva, Dubai and Beijing
Culinary Institute [...]
Increased Collaboration helps Sales and Marketing get close to the customer
Posted in press on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you requested a copy of my Wall Street Journal article.
Design a life of favorites…
Posted in lifestyle on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What makes a human brand? Is it the cumulative brands affiliated with a person? If I were a brand, how would I be defined? Wait, I am a brand. What is my expertise? Product Management is my expertise, I live at the cross section of sales, marketing and software development. I [...]
