Disruptive Leadership

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Entries for September, 2008

Work-life balance “pop quiz”

For the professional or executive in the high-paced technology industry, work-life balance is often a frequent topic.  I recently finished reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi, one of my favorite all-time business books, and he had the best advice I’ve seen when asked what is the appropriate work-life balance.  He argues that there is [...]

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It’s about time

In a recent article in Reuter’s, Michael Dell talked about increasing growth in emerging markets by bypassing their typical phone/web direct-model and selling PC’s in retail stores (dubbed dell.com@retail).
I was talking to Dell’s Asia executives in China last year about job opportunities (this was before Michael Dell returned as CEO).  I brought up the challenges [...]

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Becoming a heretic

I’ve recently become a Seth Godin fan.  Yes, I’m late to the party.  The guy is a blogging machine.  His insights are spot on. I subscribe to his feeds and get one or two a day.  I’m lucky if I can post two a week.
A colleague recently sent me a Godin post that didn’t even [...]

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Disruptive Leaders: Michael Joseph

Every month I am going to highlight a specific leader in the technology industry that best exemplifies the skills and qualities of a Disruptive Leader. Each will be a leader who:

Embraces challenge and adversity as a way to strengthen organizations and business fundamentals.
Uses game-changing strategies and tactics to overturn the status quo both within their [...]

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When being “disruptive” is a good thing

This is a reposting of an article I wrote last week for NextBillion.net.  NextBillion is a site that “brings together business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.” While a few of the ideas are covered in the About section of this blog, I wanted [...]

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