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Tag Archives: Leadership
Radical Edge by Steve Farber – Book Review
(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
Posted in Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Lead On, Leadership, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Steve Farber
Innovation: What is It?
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
Posted in Bauwerk, Innovation, Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Innovation, Lead On, Leadership, Leon Krier, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Roger von Oech, Tom Asacker
Completing the City – Great Lessons from the Form of Venice
In one of his seminal works, “A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals” (Kostof, Spiro, Oxford University Press, New York, 1985), Spiro Kostof (+) addressed “The City Design at Large” (pp. 472-476). One emphasis was the work of the “Magistry of Waters”, a … Continue reading
Posted in Bauwerk, Planning & Urban Design, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, San Marco, Venice Italy
Tagged Bauwerk, City Planning, Community, Course Correction, Crafting Place, Great Cities, History, Innovation, Italy, Leadership, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Spiro Kostof, Suburbs, Urban Design, Venetian Lagoon, Venice
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Delegation – A Covenant of Trust
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
Posted in Bauwerk, Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Delegation, Ethics, Lead On, Leadership, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Trust
Tune-Up for Your Problem Solving System
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
Posted in Bauwerk, Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Course Correction, Ethics, Innovation, Lead On, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
The “Completed Action” Principle
Completed Staff Action The United States Air Force developed its version of the Completed Staff Action concept decades ago. Properly (which always includes ethically) applied as a general operational principle with a common sense approach, it has been “proven in action” by a legion of private and public … Continue reading
Posted in Bauwerk, Lead On, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Completed Action, Delegation, Ethics, Leadership, Renaissance Rules
What You Do and How You Do It
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
Posted in Bauwerk, Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules
Tagged Bauwerk, Ethics, Henry Ford, Heritage, Innovation, Integrity, Lead On, Leadership, Meaning, Memory, Performance Goals, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Tools
Independent Endeavor
“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
Posted in Bauwerk, Discovery, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
Tagged Bauwerk, Lead On, Leadership, Meaning, Paul Stark, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
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Walled In or Walled Out – A Community Planning Lesson from Venice
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
Posted in Bauwerk, Environment, Lead On, Planning & Urban Design, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Venice Italy
Tagged Bauwerk, City Planning, Community, Course Correction, Crafting Place, Italy, Lead On, Leadership, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Suburbs, Travel, Urban Design, Venice
Timely vis-a-vis Expedient
“Timely” does not allow “expediency”. (Author Unknown) An interesting statement! Is it an absolute, a propositional maxim, or situational? I am deeply concerned about situational ethics. The quote addresses a facet of that problem. After ruminating on it, I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Lead On, Recapitulation, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Zeitgeist
Tagged Ethics, Expediency, Lead On, Leadership, Reformation, Renaissance, Renaissance Rules, Timeliness, Truth, Zeitgeist
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