24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment

24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment.

Go Small, Get Big– Interesting read on Small Teams, Big Innovations

I remember thinking at my first job that 10 people is all it takes to do great product. I was told you do not know enough yet, to grow big we need to scale teams and get more people so that we can deliver more value to customer. Fast forward 12 years, I am reiterating […]

Good Read – Five Common Strategy Mistakes

Interesting…. Five Common Strategy Mistakes Mistake #1. Confusing marketing with strategy. Mistake #2. Confusing competitive advantage with "what you’re good at." Mistake #3: Pursuing size above all else, because if you’re the biggest, you’ll be more profitable. Mistake #4. Thinking that "growth" or "reaching $1 billion in revenue" is a strategy. Mistake #5. Focusing on […]

When SMART is not smart enough

SMART – We have heard this many times in management presentations and/or have been advised that our goals should adhere to this standard. So what is SMART goal – S – Specific M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Relevant T – Time-bound Also, the goals should answer these questions (W’s) – *Who: Who […]

Fire All the Managers–Good Podcast

Democratization of the management. Good example of a company doing it. An interview with Gary Hamel, director of the Management Innovation eXchange and author of the HBR article First, Let’s Fire All the Managers. Download this podcast Fire All the Managers HBR IdeaCast Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:51:37 GMT

3 Keys to Agile Results–Interesting Blog Post

Keeping focus in a Agile Teams is of great significances for success of the project. These three points can definitely help. I particularly love “Monday Vision, Daily Wins, Friday Reflection”…. Agile Results is the name of the system I talk about in Getting Results the Agile Way. It’s a simple time management system for […]

NO BE CHICKEN…Interesting Post from Fred Wilson…

This is a good post about why products need to have personality and other interesting observations which apply can be applied to product development. Post from Fred Wilson. Go to this post: Minimum Viable Personality NO BE CHICKEN CHICKEN LIVE IN CAGE. NO CAN HAVE PERSONALITY INSIDE CAGE. LAST STEP IS SMASH CAGE, LIGHT BARN […]