As a strategy, building walls is frowned upon. The Great Wall of China. Hadrian’s Wall. The Maginot Line. AOL’s “walled garden.” Defensive moves — all failed. But maybe in certain circumstances walls can be beneficial? A New York Times article … Continue reading
Choice kills. Okay, that’s a bit dramatic. But as Bob Pozen (chairman emeritus of MFS Investment Management, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, and board member of Medtronics and Nielsen) demonstrates, eliminating complexity and making choices simpler can go a … Continue reading
Tony Schwartz asks this question over at the HBR Conversation blog: But is it [the productivity gains in the economy since the market meltdown] good news? Is more, bigger, faster for longer necessarily better? Tony argues that the fear of … Continue reading
A recent HBR article by Dan Ariely, “Why Companies Don’t Experiment,” posits that listening to experts creates a false sense of security. When we pay consultants, we get an answer from them and not a list of experiments to conduct. … Continue reading