What Lies Between?

Hal’s Blog- Last week I wrote about boxes and how the organization charts that contain them can have so little effect on organizational culture or performance.     My colleague Arthur Webb wrote a comment musing on how a CEO might graph a set of relationships with no boxes.  Great question.  Let’s ponder it this week. 

Moving Boxes

Moving Boxes Last Sunday I was scratching my head for a blog topic this week and found one in an article inthe Los Angeles Times headlined “As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t.” Thearticle focused on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention how and why they hadseemed to be lagging rather than leading during most of the pandemic.My eye caught a quote from CDC director...

Sameness and Specialness

Hal’s Blog- My longtime friend and thought partner, Arthur Webb has just published a book about public policy in the field of intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD).

Starting Big. Ending Bigger

Hal’s Blog- In Results1st we often speak of trying things at a small scale and building on what works.  Some ideas, however, need a significant critical mass even for the first application. My partner Robyn Faucy illustrated that while CEO of Neuro Challenge, a multicounty leader for persons with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers.

Hal’s Blog- This Wednesday Whimsey is about a person whose last name I do not know. The reason is that only her first name appeared on her name badge at the paint section of the Lowe’s Home Improvement Center in Bradenton, Florida.

Two Ways to Get Money: The Proposal and the Prospectus

Two Ways to Get Money: The Proposal and the Prospectus I just read a prospectus seeking financial investment in a company. It prompted me to think about the major differences between the two kinds of documents designed to attract money. One is the fund-raising appeal. Nice graphics, attractive colors, and warm personal stories abound. And...

Strategy & Tactics

I was sipping coffee with my friend Bruce late last week. When he works with groups, he has one key question:  What problem are you trying to solve?  On the one hand, I love any focus that brings concentration and intentional thinking to an organization, and problem solving does that.    On the other, I see all the literature on being driven by assets rather than barriers....

Vitality Rediscovered

We just sold a house. Many of you have the same experiences in moving that my wife Pam and I did. Much of the pain was about book decisions. Thousands of volumes one or both of us found indispensable, often surviving previous moves. In conducting the necessary pruning, I had a chance to revisit many books read over the years. I am an inveterate underliner and turned pages until I saw...

A Good Question

My colleague Les Loomis had a comment that I found so useful I post it here as a blog entry. Following a highly successful career as teacher, principal and superintendent, Les has helped over 60 New York State school districts to significantly increase student achievement. Thanks, Les for making a big difference for thousands of students. And for writing this blog response which you call...