PHIL SIMON
That no one ever brags about it doesn’t make it any less important.
Category: Management
“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”
—Peter Drucker
Category: Management
How Basic Analytics Can Prevent Compliance Debacles
Thoughts on how simple measures can prevent catastrophes.
Yahoo’s New Exec-Retention Strategy: Free Cookies
Marissa Mayer’s audacious new plan to keep top talent from departing.
Thoughts on the New Google
Why major changes to even very successful companies and business models actually make sense.
Partners Can’t Do It Alone: The Case for Removing Internal Obstacles
A few obstructionists in key places can derail even the most promising new tools, projects, and products.
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part II
Don’t see a documented case study? Big red flag.
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part I
Thoughts on applying greater rigor during the vendor-selection process.
The Long Term Has Never Been Shorter
Why we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
The First Rule of Platforms
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Recognizing My E-Mail Addiction
Explaining the project on which someone called me out on my e-mail torrents.