Taking Risks, Breaking The Rules, And Being

Any Company That Cannot Imagine The Future Won't Be Around To Enjoy It.

Dakota Tribal Wisdom Says That When You're On A Dead Horse, The Best Strategy Is To Dismount. Of Course, There Are Other Strategies. You Can Change Riders. You Can Get A Committee To Study The Dead Horse. You Can Benchmark How Other Companies Ride Dead Horses. You Can Declare That It's Cheaper To Feed A Dead Horse. You Can Harness Several Dead Horses Together. But After You've Tried All These Things, You're Still Going To Have To Dismount.

People Are All There Is To An Organization

In A Well-functioning Democracy, Citizens Have The Option Of Voting Their Political Masters Out Of Office. Not So In Most Companies.

A Titled Leader Relies Heavily On Positional Power To Get Things Done; A Natural Leader Is Able To Mobilize Others Without The Whip Of Formal Authority.