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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. C.K. Prahalad on Friday. C.K. was an intellectual giant in the corporate strategy arena who, nevertheless, focused much of his work on the “bottom of the pyramid.” He was also kind, generous, and modest. In the Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching, he said: I have likened [...] Last week, we railed against publishers and their resistance to e-books by going heavy with the sarcasm and using just enough Econ 101 to sound dangerous. This week, we post an article from Mokoto Rich at the New York Times that delves into the actual economics of producing and profiting from a single book. Rich reports [...]
Tap your sarcasm meter now if your needle didn’t register the tone of those remarks by flicking into the red zone. In the meantime, let’s think about what publishers are trying to accomplish by raising e-book prices and delaying e-book release dates….
When our self-concept is under attack, we feel the need to defend ourselves and our actions, even to the extent of distorting the facts. When people become defensive, they never hear the feedback they are getting. As a result, little learning takes place. The effective use of the One-Minute Reprimand with someone who makes a mistake will hopefully eliminate this defensive behavior. Just in time for Tony Smith’s lunch-time talk on work-life balance, we have this article from David Brooks about the life of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. As Brooks writes: This isn’t the old story of a career woman trying to balance work and family. This is the story of pressures that affect men as well as [...] |
  
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The problem in life is not making mistakes, but not learning from mistakes. Whenever we don’t learn from our mistakes it’s usually because we are attacked personally from those mistakes. We are called names like “idiot” or “stupid” and generally downgraded by other people who discover our mistake.
