Dave Gray’s Connected Company Interview

If a factory never puts out the same thing twice it’s actually really a service, isn’t it? When I say, "Everything’s a service," or when I start talking about Service Dominant Logic. What I mean is starting about 1940 the percentage of the economy that’s based on services as opposed to manufacturing has increased to Read More …

Lean Sales Conversation

The ability to handle a conversation in the sales process may be the single most important attribute a salesperson can have. We have all seen it, where that exceptional sales person time after time outperforms everyone else. We may make excuses but deep down, most of us know, that Rainmaker, that Closer, gets the job Read More …

Do Compromises hinder Advancement?

Are compromises something that you should do? Not with yourself and maybe not within your organization. Watch this video that is part of the collection at http://www.PhilosophersNotes.com. Do you struggle between dreaming big dreams and then doubting whether or not you can attain them? I think you’ll enjoy this Philosopher Notes episode where we check Read More …

What happens if we think of the Company not as a Machine…

and more like an organism? “Or even better, what if we compared the company with other large, complex human systems, like, for example, the city?” says Dave Gray in his new book, The Connected Company. In the podcast we discuss this type of company and investigate what Dave calls pods. We even take a little Read More …

Your Structure needs to Change before You Create Demand

In one of my favorite books,The Path of Least Resistance for Managers  author Robert Fritz states: People are fond of saying, “Well, that’s our culture.” They seem to think that the cultural norms and habits of the organization are causal. But what creates the cultures? The underlying structures people are in. In fact, it is Read More …

Success is based on more than just luck.

In my own little celebration this week for the book The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion by John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison, I am doing a series of blog post and offering comments on how this book has influenced my thoughts. This book Read More …