Management Unplugged header image 4

Entries from March 26th, 2007

The consequence of the karaoke-era for companies and organizations

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Future

The other day I listened to Charles Leadbeater, former editor at Financial Times, now thinker, debater and author. He described the post war eras: 1945-1960 The era of need and necessities, when we wanted what we could get. A time for mass production and mass consumption. 1960-1980/1990 The era of desire, when we moved from [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Making decisions in the fog

March 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Books and films

Decisions are what we do, when we do not know what to do, wrote Elliott Jaques. This implies that decisions are made under uncertainty and that it can take long time before we can evaluate the decision. It is not easy to get any insight into how higher managers make decisions. Most interviews focus on [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: