December 10th, 2006 | 
The conclusion drawn from many of the raft of management books published in the last 20 years is that micromanagement is bad. They say, empower your employees and give them the freedom to explore, own the problem, deliver and sometimes, fail. Don’t watch over their shoulders and don’t try to jump in and fix problems [...]
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The 2007 Lexus LS460 has what is advertised as truly breakthrough technology – the ability to park itself. The guys at over at Automobile Magazine gave the system a test run recently. It’s pretty clear that the system still has some maturing to do and that the car may have particular issues if near [...] My family didn’t travel much when I was a kid, but once in a while we loaded up the ol’ Vista Cruiser and headed out to explore America’s vast highway system (still somewhat of a fascination in the 60s). I have great memories of my sisters and I fighting over who got to sit in the [...] I don’t watch much TV other than for sports. Most years, my wife and I choose one show at the beginning of the television season that we TiVo and try to keep up with. Usually, we’re disappointed in what we choose. Over the years, close friends have advised us to watch the show 24. [...] Or, more simply put, more effort and concern goes into last ditch efforts to prevent failure than into planning for success along the way. The title of this post is my very slight modification of what one of my board members, Larry Reeder of The Sprout Group, used to say: “more work happens in desperation than aspiration.” I’m [...] Jeez, the Pats are killing me. They did almost everything possible to lose against a team with one of the worst records in football, the Detroit Lions. Three turnovers and countless penalty yards put the Pats on a path to almost give this one up. They looked terrible. They let the Lions have some [...] |
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