Author, Investor, Speaker, Mentor
“The principles used to run a firm should be Sesame Street Simple. Human beings don’t want to stay focused. So my job is to get them to focus their creativity around the focus; focus their productivity around the focus; focus their efficiency or effectiveness around the focus.” —A. G. Lafley, CEO Proctor & Gamble
Entrepreneurs are often very independent. You generally don’t choose the risks and pains of starting a company unless you’re pretty dead set against having a boss tell you what to do. But don’t let this independence blind you to other perspectives. I recently worked with a great team of young entrepreneurs. They had done a … Continue reading Your Hard is Another’s Easy
One of the (many) books I am reading right now is Marci Alboher’s new book, One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success. The book focuses on the phenomenon of “Slashes.” No, not the Guns ‘n Roses guitarist, or homoerotic Star Trek fan fiction. Marci uses “slash” to refer to people who pursue multiple … Continue reading Foxes, Hedgehogs, Slashes, and Expected Value