Leadership from the Google Guru…

Leadership from the Google Guru…

Evan Wittenberg discusses Google’s beliefs about leadership.  In the first statements, he captures the best of transformational leadership in articulating succinctly the Google vision.  The rest is about individual consideration and internal development of leadership values that reaches beyond the typical “push” model and looking more to “creating environments” where people can learn and develop […]

Star Trek, CNY, Noah’s ARK, & Leadership

Star Trek, CNY, Noah’s ARK, & Leadership

Three interesting events linked in my consciousness and have driven me into inspiration.  Stay with me while I meander through my thoughts. Celebrating the Chinese New Year for the 10th time in Asia has caused me to look deeper into this phenomenon with each passing year.  The fireworks, the chaos, the calm and the almost […]

Good to Great, Pt. 1

Good to Great, Pt. 1

As part of a series on summer reading, I offer a synopsis of thoughts on Jim Collins book, Good to Great. His research solidly uncovers some key concepts on organizations moving from being good and capable organizations to something that is far beyond just being in maintenance mode. Jim’s research uncovers 6 core concepts built […]

Response to the Evolution Debate: Memes

Response to the Evolution Debate: Memes

Susan Blackmore uncovers a new concept about the development of thought and ideas as she characterizes them as similar to viruses of thought.  She extends on this core thinking and presents a new concept: "Temes" = technology generated memes.   So, here is conjecture about the concepts and their application to education and administration: 1.  […]