Manifestos tagged with Gen
We Say We Want a Revolution: How to Activate the Activist and Surf the Tidal Wave of Radical Change
April 11, 2012 -
By: Gina Amaro Rudan
“I confess—the revolutionary climate we’re experiencing right now excites me. Why? Because every monster economic crisis or socio-political upheaval brings bottom-up innovation, top-down collaboration, and a flurry of creativity ... ”
“I confess—the revolutionary climate we’re experiencing right now excites me. Why? Because every monster economic crisis or socio-political upheaval brings bottom-up innovation, top-down collaboration, and a flurry of creativity ... ”
The Business Genome Approach: Finding Your Next Competitive Advantage
Dec. 7, 2011 -
By: Andrea Kates
"You have the wrong tools. And you use them the wrong way. It isn’t your fault. You were taught, as we all were, to make forecast models out of past results. ... But, now, the rules have changed: our game plans have gone public, and whoever knows what the customer will do next wins.”
"You have the wrong tools. And you use them the wrong way. It isn’t your fault. You were taught, as we all were, to make forecast models out of past results. ... But, now, the rules have changed: our game plans have gone public, and whoever knows what the customer will do next wins.”
Lessons from S&P Recession Survivors
Aug. 3, 2011 -
By: Larry Mallak
“Investors have heard many decry the decade of the 2000s as the ‘lost decade.’ A dollar invested in the S&P 500 on the first trading day of 1999 saw it worth just 65 cents a decade later. This “underperformance” is seen by many as a failure of the U.S. economic engine. If we look at the Top 20 performers of the S&P 500 during that same time period, we see a vastly different story.”
“Investors have heard many decry the decade of the 2000s as the ‘lost decade.’ A dollar invested in the S&P 500 on the first trading day of 1999 saw it worth just 65 cents a decade later. This “underperformance” is seen by many as a failure of the U.S. economic engine. If we look at the Top 20 performers of the S&P 500 during that same time period, we see a vastly different story.”
Your CQ: Why It Might Be the Most Important Number You Don’t Know!
July 6, 2011 -
By: David Livermore
"How do we move beyond mantras about cultural sensitivity and global awareness to successfully adapting to various cultures while simultaneously remaining true to ourselves? Both sides of the equation are essential—being true to ourselves and adapting to different cultures.”
"How do we move beyond mantras about cultural sensitivity and global awareness to successfully adapting to various cultures while simultaneously remaining true to ourselves? Both sides of the equation are essential—being true to ourselves and adapting to different cultures.”
The Mistake Manifesto: How Making Mistakes Can Make Us Better
April 6, 2011 -
By: Alina Tugend
“Mistake-avoidance creates workplaces where making changes and being creative while risking failure is subsumed by an ethos of mistake-prevention at the cost of daring and innovation.”
“Mistake-avoidance creates workplaces where making changes and being creative while risking failure is subsumed by an ethos of mistake-prevention at the cost of daring and innovation.”
This Sentence Has 5ive Words: Eigen Values, Creating Truisms and the Future of Marketing
April 6, 2011 -
By: Stephen Denny
"Creating eigen values is what marketers do when they’re doing their very best work. The concept of eigen values should change how you look at the marketing discipline completely.”
"Creating eigen values is what marketers do when they’re doing their very best work. The concept of eigen values should change how you look at the marketing discipline completely.”
The Reinvention Imperative
March 9, 2011 -
By: Daniel Burrus & John David Mann
“In the good old twentieth century, you could reinvent your company, product category or industry once, and then go for a decade before doing anything especially innovative again. That doesn’t work anymore. The world has changed, and more importantly, change itself has changed."
“In the good old twentieth century, you could reinvent your company, product category or industry once, and then go for a decade before doing anything especially innovative again. That doesn’t work anymore. The world has changed, and more importantly, change itself has changed."
Forget Cinderella, Find Fred Astaire
Nov. 3, 2010 -
By: Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
“Most companies would like to become more gender balanced at all levels, with women and men dancing together in a smooth and natural way. They have been trying for decades to attract, retain and promote more women. [...] But nobody ever bothered checking if the prince can actually dance.”
“Most companies would like to become more gender balanced at all levels, with women and men dancing together in a smooth and natural way. They have been trying for decades to attract, retain and promote more women. [...] But nobody ever bothered checking if the prince can actually dance.”
Reinventing Ethics
Sept. 8, 2010 -
By: Mary C. Gentile, Ph.D.
“Instead of asking and answering the questions ‘what is ethical?’ or ‘whether it's possible to be ethical at work?,' what if we asked ‘how can we successfully voice and act on our own values?’”
“Instead of asking and answering the questions ‘what is ethical?’ or ‘whether it's possible to be ethical at work?,' what if we asked ‘how can we successfully voice and act on our own values?’”
THE FASCINATION FACTOR (and how you can use it to write books)
July 6, 2010 -
By: Mark Levy
"Books indeed need readers, so thinking about audience is important. Books also help writers achieve career goals, so thinking strategically about how a book can advance one’s business makes sense. But looking at those things too early leads to a bland book. Why?"
"Books indeed need readers, so thinking about audience is important. Books also help writers achieve career goals, so thinking strategically about how a book can advance one’s business makes sense. But looking at those things too early leads to a bland book. Why?"
