by David Wilsey | Apr 26, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
In a recent class I was challenged by a participant whose organization wanted to be able to measure creativity. They felt that it was key to their artistic process that they hire and develop truly creative people, but they were having a hard time pinpointing exactly...
by David Wilsey | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
This blog is not a critique of Andy Grove, the revolutionary former leader of Intel and author of High Output Management, still a management classic. Grove was smart enough to see why the Management by Objectives (MBO) implementation at Intel needed improvement. Where...
by David Wilsey | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
I recently attended a high school football game, and there was a chatty man behind me asking questions to his companion loudly in a way that smugly implied that he should be coach. “Why are they in the I formation again? Why do they keep blitzing Jones when Palmer is...
by David Wilsey | May 19, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
The focus of most strategy and measurement efforts used to be long term. We encouraged clients to step back from the day-to-day whirlwind of daily operational activities and firefighting and think about desired long-term objectives. The word “impact” implies this more...
by David Wilsey | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
Anyone trying to eat healthily or count calories can relate to the confusing state of nutritional measures. The app I (sometimes) use tracks bread in grams, almonds in ounces, soup in grams, and sometimes ambiguously lists “serving” as the unit of measure. So, if I...
