Better Leaders. Better Results.
I’ve worked in several orgs at Microsoft over the years that managed portfolios. I’ve seen how different leaders managed their portfolios. Some leaders unleashed innovation, while other leaders unintentionally drove innovation out of the portfolio. They didn’t even realize it. It’s a byproduct of enforcing portfolio management best practices. In the article Find Pearls and …
“Every person, organization, and even society reaches a point at which they owe it to themselves to hit refresh—to reenergize, renew, reframe, and rethink their purpose.” — Satya Nadella A Vision Narrative Memo is one of the most powerful tools for innovation and leadership. You can share your idea or vision at scale with a Vision …
“Ideas are currency in the knowledge economy.” — Nicholas Negroponte Ideas and execution are two sides of the same coin for success. Both ideas and execution are high value and hold critical roles. While execution is critical to realize an idea’s potential, the idea itself is the seed that inspires action. Execution turns ideas into …
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” — Jon Muir Innovation is not just a tool for growth and progress. It’s a transformative journey. It’s a quest that combines diverse perspectives and experiences to foster resilience, adaptability, and a hopeful vision for the …
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” — Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart One of the most important mental models I learned at Microsoft to solve problems that people pay for is simple: Pains, …
