Tag: values

Boeing Lean Blowout: Losing It on the Fly

Boeing Lean Blowout: Losing It on the Fly

The news of loose bolts and other ‘installation issues’ in the grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets is undeniably concerning. However, there is a silver lining to this revelation: I am confident that these appalling disasters are direct consequences of “lean” production, regardless of what it may be labelled at Boeing for political reasons. Ironically, […]

What Do Elon Musk and Bill Gates Have in Common?

What Do Elon Musk and Bill Gates Have in Common? Elon Musk and Bill Gates Values Profiles

GPT and Q7 offer an unexpected answer to this question. I asked ChatGPT to help me build Elon Musk’s values profile, using my Q7 questionnaire, and then compared it to the profile calculated earlier using crowdsourced responses. I was pleasantly surprised that the two profiles matched up to 95%! Getting almost identical results with a […]

The Great Resignation: 5 Trends to Watch in The Future Of Work – an Interview with Karen Mangia

The Great Resignation: 5 Trends to Watch in The Future Of Work – an Interview with Karen Mangia

(“The Great Resignation & The Future Of Work: Sergei Brovkin Of Collectiver On How Employers and Employees Are Reworking Work Together” –  originally published in Authority Magazine). No more lifetime careers or long-term employment. The rate of change in science and technology has reached such a level that no profession and no job will remain relevant […]

Really, What Makes an Effective Executive?

Really, What Makes an Effective Executive?

Whenever I ask this question, I always hear the usual sacred mixture of “integrity,” “willpower,” “leadership,” and, of course, “charisma.” The most promising HiPos would proudly throw in “emotional intelligence.” Those fuzzy buzzwords are supposed to make all aspiring executives salivate but none answers the question or offers at least a practical first step. For […]