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SIPs

December 31, 2012     Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, described a Strategic Inflection Point (SIP) as "an event that changes the way we think and act." It is a particular time when a business decides it needs to make important changes in order to stay competitive.     Grove says that these moments tend …

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2012     You may not read this before the commemoration.     The annual reenactments of the Christmas Story have become cultural; they no longer belong to the religious insiders. Norman Rockwell has joined Matthew and Luke as the purveyors of the image.     Ask anyone for the Cliff Notes version, …

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Year End

December 17, 2012     If these Monday missives benefit you, read on. If they do not, hit “unsubscribe” now.     Next Monday is Christmas Eve; my Point of View next week will be a Christmas message. Today, it’s a family conversation. Imagine we’re in the kitchen, getting ready for Christmas and year-end. We …

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The Winner

December 10, 2012     Some times, some things just don’t seem right.     We have an internal clock that is culturally set to move into holiday mode during Thanksgiving week. Whatever your religious affiliations, “Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men” seems like a reasonable proposition, and folks tend to smile – and, …

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Another Day at Work

December 3, 2012     Let’s get this straight: you did build that.     It’s been a month since the elections, so we’ve moved on from politics, but we never move on from philosophy. In politics, it’s always about candidates; in philosophy, it’s always about ideas. Candidates come and go, but ideas have a …

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