How to Pick Um
Hal’s Blog – Interviews are close to worthless in selecting great people. Regardless of the question, the response favors the slick talker.
Where and How to Scale Nonprofit Success
Hal’s Blog -Over breakfast recently with a very smart foundation leader, John Annis, we discussed our shared interest in growing successful programs and organizations.
A Highway Worth Traveling
Hal’s Blog 12/22/2021 Did you happen to read Amor Towles bestselling and wonderful book, A Gentleman in Moscow? Towles has a new book out called the Lincoln Highway. I noted a number of passages I found both gentle and provocative. Here are four of them with what sticks with me from each.
“Data Driven”
If I had a penny for every admonition heard or read to be driven by data, my financial cup would runneth over.
Innovation at the top and the bottom
I have been revisiting recently one of my favorite subjects, innovation. Two abiding challenges stand out for me when it comes to harnessing the power of fresh approaches.
Learning…at rest or in motion?
But first a revisit to my blog entry of October 216 titled Issue Forth. It included examples of how trite the words selected for highlighting in articles boxes can be.
NO, BUT, and HOWEVER
Marshall Goldsmith is one of the greatest consultants to organizations of all time. His book Triggers reminds us that much of behavior is triggered by situations. I just reread my underlining’s from another Goldstein book called What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, which defines 20 habits that inhibit achievement. Habit # 5 is our penchant for starting thoughts with No, But, or However. A...
Issue Forth
Do you sometimes read an issue of a favorite publication and find yourself picking up on snippets you see as valuable? And do you forget them just as easily? I do both. Here’s an example and what I have learned to try and tie to use. The case in point is the Fall 2021 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) where I came across four passages that rang a bell for me. They are in...