PHIL SIMON
Marissa Mayer’s audacious new plan to keep top talent from departing.
Category: Management
“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”
—Peter Drucker
Category: Management
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.
What Is Jargon?
A 90-second video on what constitutes confusing language.
Book Excerpt: Jargon and the Management “Scientists”
The legacy of Frederick Winslow Taylor lives on.