Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture
We have met the enemy and he is us
How many times will this simple observation be a revelation? Uttered humbly and powerfully in 1971 by one of the most influential leaders of our time—the cartoon strip character Pogo—this statement has never been truer than it is today. If … Continue reading
“Free” shouldn’t be
Sitting around the massive ash conference table were over thirty people who represented, and I am not exaggerating, a millennium of experience and knowledge. At least a thousand years of practical, priceless information. Free for the asking. The instant question … Continue reading
High fidelity board decisions
A thousand families. When I think of Chieftan Corporation, and the role I played as Chairman of that company, that’s what I think of. If you apply the typical family size of about four people, that’s four thousand individuals. And … Continue reading
Asleep on the bridge
As a group, Americans are not known for planning ahead. We have had a negative savings rate in this country for many years, until the Great Recession demanded we rethink our profligate ways. We’re borrowing against our futures as a … Continue reading