A Critical Doer understands following I was meeting with some junior execs on a project, and I have to admit to being completely blown away by the creativity of their thinking and the passion of their presentation. When they finished, I began stepping through some potential areas of concern and items that warranted further thinking…and […]
Month: October 2015
What I Learned From Eleanor Roosevelt
A Critical Doer is committed to thinking and acting I came across an Eleanor Roosevelt quote that goes as follows: Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. On the surface, I understand her point. Ideas are a high order of reasoning that deal with the future. Events […]
Jean’s Story: Defeating “The Curse Of Knowledge”
A Critical Doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better A good friend recently shared an article from the Harvard Business Review with me. It immediately caught my attention because the authors are two of my favorites…Chip and Dan Heath. Along with Malcolm Gladwell, they have a gift for distilling heavy research into a folksy narrative […]
Mind To Feet Model For Organizational Action
How Far Can You See? If you’ve spent any time in organizational leadership, regardless of whether the organization is a company or a family, I’m sure you’ve experienced the common struggle all of us in the business have faced when it comes to breaking through inertia and turning ideas into action. Most of you […]
Gimme More! A Simple Story Of Identifying The Real Problem
A Critical Doer attacks problems and creates opportunities from the inside out I have a simple anecdote to share with you that gives a nice illustration of thinking a problem through to the root cause before identifying a solution. In other words, solving a problem from the inside out. In a previous enterprise, a manager […]
Great Leaders Think Differently Than The Rest Of Us…And Then They Do!
A Critical Doer is committed to thinking and acting Lolly Daskal is a very successful blogger that writes about leadership and critical thinking. I recently came across one of her posts entitled “7 Ways Great Leaders Think Differently Than Everyone Else.” The post was very good, and I’m not going to take exception to a […]
Innovative But Not Innovating
A Critical Doer controls what is theirs to control Is it possible to be innovative but not innovating? A recent article in The Economist published a study ranking nations in innovative efficiency and through an innovation index based upon universities, patents, and citations. The United States was near the top of the chart in innovative […]
Battle Of The O’s…Ownership and Objectivity
A Critical Doer understands following One of the paradoxes of leadership is understanding how to follow, particularly when it comes to subordinate members of your organization. One of the most common places where we see this cause problems is in the generation of ideas where ownership and objectivity can be at odds. In short…ownership […]