91 Posts found for Source: Context Magazine

There are six stories that executives need to know how to tell to motivate.

Content: Article | Author: Annette Simmons | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Reich earned a degree from Yale Law School, then studied economics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he was a classmate and friend of one William Jefferson Clinton.

Reich held a series of positions in government and in academia and wrote six books, including The Work of Nations. He then served as Clinton’s first secretary of labor. In that position, he pursued an … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management

We can nourish our souls AND become rich. A look at values-centered leadership.

Content: Article | Author: Lance Secretan | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Leadership

What we need is moral leadership. Plato and Aristotle said the four cardinal virtues are justice, wisdom, courage, and self-control. I think they’re still right, 2,500 years later.

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Ethics, Wisdom

In a turbulent economy, firms need to be especially diligent about directors.

Editor’s Note: offers profiles of “turkey” board member types that is both amusing and useful.

Content: Article | Author: Robert K. Mueller | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Corporate Governance

Companies should audit their information assets. There’s hidden treasure there.

Editor’s Note: the opening will make it clear that this piece was written during the dot-com boom but the seven dimensions to think about your information assets are worthwhile.

Content: Article | Author: John Sviokla | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management

Pacific Pride shows how good information can revolutionize even a sleepy industry- at little cost.

Content: Case Study | Author: Claire Tristram | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Industry Specific, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Petro / Chemical

Will computers cause a storm of change in education, or will the notion pass quietly?

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Alan Kay, Neil Postman | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Online & Distance MBA

Clark is said to be the only entrepreneur to have personally launched three companies that achieved a market capitalization of more than $1 billion: Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon/WebMD.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management

Ever-changing, ‘dynamic’ pricing may be the wave of the future, but many customers resist.

Content: Article | Author: Laurie J. Flynn | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Pricing

Focus groups should be dumped. Instead, real customers should be observed in real settings.

Content: Article | Authors: B. Joseph Pine II, James H. Gilmore | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Management, Marketing / Sales

Three simple principles can keep customers from becoming disloyal.

Content: Article | Author: John Sviokla | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Customer Related

Never ignore a coincidence. Ever. It is a message that breaks through the same old patterns and often is a golden opportunity. You just need to figure out what kind. The important part is letting go of the idea of how things should be and trusting that you don’t know the big picture.

…I use coincidences as a way of thinking creatively…The universe is radically ambiguous. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Opportunity, Perception

Looking at which e-commerce companies succeeded, and which crashed and burned, shows that being a first mover is often a disadvantage, according to two venture capitalists.

Content: Article | Authors: Geoffrey A. Moore, Peter Fenton | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Strategy

The man who does not make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.

Content: Quotation | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Mistakes, Success / Failure

CEO of Microsoft

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management | Industry: Software

Context magazine asked a 10-year-old correspondent to write about his thoughts on computers.

Editor’s note: This was done back in 1998 and has very little practical business value but is a good read just the same.

Content: Article | Author: Brett Andrews | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Miscellaneous

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Gordon Moore, Bob Metcalfe, and Ronald Coase are interviewed by Context magazine.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Management