The Harvard Business Review defines a learning organization as one adept at the creation and incorporation of new knowledge. On the surface, this seems like an easy and essential component of company culture—change, growth, and forward momentum. However, a recent article suggest that while the spirit of this ethos is …
For entrepreneurs, capital, or the lack there of, is something that consistently keeps them awake at night. Unfortunately, just because an organization has built what they believe to be a better mouse trap, does not necessarily mean that the offers of new capital will come flooding in. How you approach …
There is an old southern adage that asserts ‘if you want to keep getting what you are getting, then keep doing what you are doing’. Beginning this article with this particular adage was a test… Ask yourself, did you spend the first several seconds critiquing the statement phrasing or did …
A few years ago I worked on a series of articles regarding leadership. Although many things have been written on this subject, there is rarely a shortage of perspectives from which one can consider this seminal aspect of the concept of organizational leadership. So often there is a desire to …
In 2010, small businesses accounted for 99.7% of U.S. employers (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). More interesting is that small firms, those with 20-499 employees, outpaced larger employers in job creation from mid 2009-2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consistent job creation is an essential component of a healthy …
