Cleaning up some “loose ends”
Read moreThis week and next, I will “close” on two subjects I have recently promised to return to. Today, I continue a bit more on an item that simply won’t go away: reactions to Margaret Thatcher’s death. Next week, I will return briefly to the debate about working from home, and to the outpouring of opinion around Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s
Margaret Thatcher and leading by autobiography
Read moreMy last post closed with the observation that Margaret Thatcher is the best example I have ever found of one of the core concepts of my leadership teaching and coaching: leading by autobiography. So, what exactly do I mean by this term? In essence, leading by autobiography involves learning use the most powerful communication device known to man: personal storytelling.
Thoughts on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
Read moreThis week, I had intended to continue along the line of my previous post, about the debate around working from home, but I have to admit being distracted by the death of the Iron Lady, by the magnitude and fervor of the world’s reaction to it. Reading the British press, both online and in every imported copy I could find
Working from home…the way of the future, or a thing of the past?
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal wrote recently that a debate is raging about tech companies and their “work from home” arrangements. In fact, since Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decided to end remote work at the company, reactions in the press and on blogs have generated considerable heat. Numerous issues and arguments are surfacing, and it may be a debate that will
Making our classrooms, and our lives, more personal
Read moreMaking our classrooms, and our lives, more personal. My latest question for reflection: Are we not realizing these days that the future is about making all things more personal, in our classrooms, in our work, and in our lives in general? When I was preparing to speak to the MBA program directors last week (see the two previous posts) about
The evolving MBA will be more and more “blended”
Read moreWe closed last time with the increasingly pertinent question in today’s world. As technological innovation spreads throughout the world of education, in an era where so much academic content will be available online at no or little cost, how great will the *disruption be to the traditional university model*, and to the MBA in particular? Monday and Tuesday of this