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Choose Greatness over Size

Choose Greatness over Size

In Bo Burlingham’s magnificent book, Small Giants, he talks about a special type of company. A company that evokes a human connection. A company which, as per the subtitle of…
Bill Gates wanted to stuff it to IBM

Bill Gates wanted to stuff it to IBM

As far as BHAGs go, Eliminating Global Healthcare Inequalities has got to be out there with the best. Though Alphalake being a British company, it’s a little more modest. “To…

If you’re frustrated with your leadership team, the feeling’s probably mutual!

“It annoys me how often I need to tell my leadership team what to do. But if I don’t, they just won’t do the right thing.” (How to upset everyone…
“I think I’ve just paid £50,000 for a word I already knew”

“I think I’ve just paid £50,000 for a word I already knew”

Many CEOs call their companies “people companies”. Occasionally they mean it! Far more occasionally still, it translates into every sinew of a company’s being. Answer Digital comes about as close…
If you don’t like choosing between horrible and cataclysmic, don’t become CEO.

If you don’t like choosing between horrible and cataclysmic, don’t become CEO.

Hard choices often end up in one of two ugly places: Analysis paralysis – no decision, but just an ongoing slow pain, or flip-flopping decisions – often depending on who…

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