Tag Archives: Lead On

Radical Edge by Steve Farber – Book Review

Posted on January 10, 2014 by randysrules

(Farber, Steve, “Radical Edge”, Kaplan Publishing, Chicago, 2006, 165pp.) Steve Farber is the President of the Extreme Leadership Institute and the author of “The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership”, awarded the 2004 “Reader’s Choice Award” by Fast … Continue reading →

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Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Book Review

Posted on November 21, 2013 by randysrules

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder”,      Random House, New York, (c)2012, 519pp. “Antifragile” has been on the shelves for a year now, I read it when it first came out, yet I felt constrained from writing … Continue reading →

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Innovation: What is It?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by randysrules

Innovate?  What does innovate really mean and entail?  When is it useful, even necessary?  In media and in the pubic realm, Innovation has become a devalued buzz-word for anything that you want to do that someone else has already done…even you, … Continue reading →

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Venice Impressions

Posted on January 24, 2012 by randysrules

A few, incomplete, unranked, unordered impressions that I noted in my Moleskine journal when leaving Venice in early October, 2011, a task like attempting to sketch falling leaves in Autumn.  Ah, the delight of the work their consideration portends! I would love … Continue reading →

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Delegation – A Covenant of Trust

Posted on April 1, 2011 by randysrules

Proper, responsible and accountable delegation is a form of contract between a client and the team or individual commissioned or assigned to complete a task or project.  A “client” may be an outside entity, a collaborator, a team, a co-worker or a supervisor.  The most … Continue reading →

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Tune-Up for Your Problem Solving System

Posted on March 31, 2011 by randysrules

Their Problem Solving System May Be Your Problem Effective problem solving benefits from simple, easily comprehended procedures that are prepared in advance, utilize simple tools, and can be easily applied through-out the process, including follow-through after the solution is found, approved and implemented!   Why have a plethora of “methods” … Continue reading →

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What You Do and How You Do It

Posted on March 29, 2011 by randysrules

A Not-So-Modest Proposal   GOAL:  ALL aspects of who we are and what we do (ALL aspects) shall CLEARLY and CONFIDENTLY identify, define, articulate, incorporate, integrate, demonstrate and advocate: Unwavering adherence to the highest morals, ethics, principles and conduct standards; … Continue reading →

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Independent Endeavor

Posted on March 5, 2011 by randysrules

“Relax into and enjoy independent endeavor.”  Paul Stark That is one of the hardest things to accomplish that he has encountered in life, so far.  Independent Endeavor!  That might be self-employment, a personal project, retirement, a young person launching into … Continue reading →

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Walled In or Walled Out – A Community Planning Lesson from Venice

Posted on January 28, 2011 by randysrules

Many write about and speak to the glorious open views across the Venetian Lagoon, the extraordinary scenes down every canal and rio, the sunny expanses of campos surrounded by cafes and glorious architecture —The City of Light, The City of … Continue reading →

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Community and Opportunity

Posted on January 21, 2011 by randysrules

Over twenty-five centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Alcaeus accurately observed, “Not house finely roofed or the stones of walls well-builded, nor canals and dockyards, make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.” The “slums and slurbs” to which we … Continue reading →

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