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Bill Fischer Dec 13, 2024

This is a profoundly different way to think about leaders & leadership: leaders as creators of chaos; leaders who are able to learn from chaotic experiences & grow as a result; leadership as a contact sport; and one that is inherently personal.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/12/13/leading-for-the-future-disorder-trauma-growth/

Leading For The Future: Disorder, Trauma, Growth

New research indicates that speaking of organizational transformation without including its impact on top management can be hazardous to the individuals involved.

Forbes

Bill Fischer Nov 30, 2024

Zombie ideas may have worked in the past, but their continued utility in the future is questionable. Yet, they never disappear, just like the living dead; and, we all know that nothing good is going to come from hanging out with the living dead!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/11/26/beware-of-zombie-ideas-old-ideas-that-haunt-decision-making/

Beware Of Zombie Ideas: Old Ideas That Haunt Decision Making

Many ideas live beyond the useful age, and yet still remain influential. Such, zombie ideas haunt organizational decision-making, raising the likelihood of lost relevance

Forbes

Bill Fischer Nov 15, 2024

Beware zombie ideas.. They are lurking everywhere, haunting our decision processes.
#GDruckerForum

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bill-fischer-b89b971b_imdimpact-druckerforum-peterdrucker-activity-7263216924795322370-m0rW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Bill Fischer on LinkedIn: #imdimpact #druckerforum #peterdrucker #vienna #management #nextmanagement

Slaying Zombie ideas: The old advice that holds organizations back At a conference designed to celebrate new ideas, it seemed important to recall that not…

Bill Fischer Oct 26, 2024

“Democracy Dies in Darkness”: @washingtonpost & Jeff Bezos have chosen darkness; I choose to cancel my subscription
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president

The Washington Post’s publisher announced Friday that it will not make an endorsement in this year’s presidential contest, for the first time in 36 years, or in future presidential races.

The Washington Post

Bill Fischer Jul 10, 2024

Culture eats Strategy for breakfast.
Beautycounter’s demise provides vivid testament to the wisdom of this adage, and reasons why so many private equity takeovers fail to pay off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/business/beautycounter-carlyle-gregg-renfrew.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

How Beautycounter Fell Apart, Sinking Almost $700 Million With It

When the private equity firm Carlyle bought Beautycounter, the skin care brand that people sold at kitchen tables, everything changed.

The New York Times

Bill Fischer Jun 26, 2024

“Biden may be old. But Trump is crazy and, alas, is is not amusingly crazy; he is dangerously crazy.” @martinwolf @FT

The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats https://on.ft.com/3zjajtv

The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats

Many business leaders dismiss fears of a return of the former president to the White House — they are wrong to do so

Bill Fischer Jun 23, 2024

America’s Innovation Readiness is Not Ready

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/06/23/americas-innovation-readiness-is-not-ready/

America’s Innovation Readiness Is Not Ready

Innovation may be a currently fashionable term, but that does not mean that organizations are prepared for what comes next.

Forbes

Bill Fischer Jun 4, 2024

“A thousand bankers can bring me a thousand deals . . . there is very little differentiation. It’s the people who can challenge me on how I think about the world who are unique.”
Dan Schulman, former PayPal CEO
#Lazard via @ft

https://on.ft.com/3yOLvJx

Peter Orszag wants to reimagine Lazard. Will his bankers let him?

Barack Obama’s economist has brought star power to a faded investment bank, but rank and file have doubts about his plan

Bill Fischer May 31, 2024

We are witnessing a Canvas Revolution, where questions > answers, and where a design-attitude > decision attitudes. What I am learning is that the cultural implications of #businessmodels are so much more important to Leadership than we have been teaching https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/05/31/the-canvas-revolution/?sh=5abb95f0733e

The Canvas Revolution

Much of leadership's legacy concerns having the answers for decison-making. Canvases suggest good questions, and a design-attitude, can change how we approach leading.

Forbes

Bill Fischer Mar 10, 2024

Oscar night, tonight, is a big night for Virtuoso Teams. We have two contenders, Oppenheimer and Bernstein, in contention for well-deserved awards. More than simply entertainment, these are stories of teams and leadership coming together to outperform in innovation.