by Jeff | May 15, 2016 | Execution, Ideas, Innovation, Innovation Book, Value Proposition
This is worth a second or third discussion because it’s so critical to innovation. How do you take a pretty good idea and refine it until it’s brilliant? The author’s lay out the following proposal: 1. Write* your value proposition. This is the NABC statement...
by Jeff | Apr 17, 2016 | Executing Your Strategy Book, Execution
For all the high-level talk of strategy and mission and vision, projects are the substance of a company. Projects are what the company is doing. I especially like this thought when it comes to R&D. Everyone in R&D is working on a variety of projects, and that...
by Jeff | Apr 17, 2016 | Execution, Knowing Doing Gap Book, The Knowing Doing Gap
There is a bias for people to think that complicated things are superior to simple things. The erudite learned man who uses big words to explain complicated subjects must be smarter than the guy using everyday language. But the authors here suggest that organizations...
by Jeff | Apr 17, 2016 | Execution, Knowing Doing Gap Book, The Knowing Doing Gap
Similar to the “Talk does not equal Action” confusion witnessed at many a company, there is a difference between “having a plan” and “executing that plan.” That sounds terribly stupid to write, but this idea takes up an entire section of the book. Mission statements,...
by Jeff | Apr 17, 2016 | Execution, Knowing Doing Gap Book, The Knowing Doing Gap
One of the biggest contributors to a knowing-doing gap is substituting talk for action. Pay attention at work and you start to notice something: there is a lot of TALK. Groups will discuss the options, analyze pros and cons, and even come to a massive agreement about...
by Jeff | Mar 13, 2016 | Execution, Ideas
“The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $200,000,000. That’s why I don’t to hear people’s ideas. I’m not interested until I see their execution.” Sivers calls execution a multiplier. The...
