Everybody loves processes, right? They make our lives easy: No need to think about it, just follow the process, tick the boxes and boom, effortless result! But is this a good result? A useful result? A meaningful result? Process-based working certainly has a strong following, their primary arguments being that processes reduce the time it Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #70: Trust your judgement.[…]
I would first of like to start by wishing a happy Easter to all of you and your loved ones. Let us hope that the resurrection of our Lord will help bring about better days for all of us. However, this week’s column isn’t about Easter. The most observant among you might have noticed that Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #18: Change of format[…]
Nostalgia. A Greek word that was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss mercenaries fighting away from home. Although I too live away from what I regard as “home” I do not think that what makes people sad is being away from someplace. It’s something else. Here’s what this Read more about Long Story Short #17: Nostalgia[…]
Culture doesn’t eat strategy for breakfast. For better or worse, this saying has become popular due to the many people who share it on social media, but who have otherwise no experience whatsoever in strategy work. Here’s my take on a saying that is as old as myth among managerial circles:
People often think of ageing as a bad thing and for good reason: Our physical appearance deteriorates, our health weakens, and we have difficulty in keeping up with all the new trends in society, leading to many younger individuals, thinking of older people as a burden to the society. But is that how it really Read more about Long Story Short #15: Ageing[…]
I have dealt with the customer service departments of a slew of major companies from around the globe and they all have one thing in common: That they try to get rid of you as fast as possible. Some of them have gone so far to act in this way, even when you are trying Read more about Long Story Short #14: The owner[…]
It’s been a year here at MNConsulting! We have produced massive of amounts of content-all things considered-both paid and free, both on the website and Twitter. Here’s a quick look into what’s coming up next. (You WILL be interested in this!)
And then I reach a point where I start talking about financing options, when one of the attendees interrupted me and made me lose it with his question: “Marios, what is equity?” Here’s what I learned by having to reply a question that never expected to be asked:
Even in the more simplistic animal kingdom, if you see a zebra among other horses and call it a tiger pony, it will rightfully be offended. It all has to do with respect. And respecting each other isn’t a sign of times past. It is a sign of progress:
Strategy is a Greek word. And the main reason why it passed on to so many other languages, was because it was used here, on this very ground, for the first time. Click to hear a story with great ramifications: