This Baffles Me: So Much Emphasis On Innovation, and Leadership – So Little Actual Innovation and Leadership

Consult any of the current works unlocking the mysteries of the leadership and management arts by revealing “7 miracles,” “12 simple secrets,” “13 fatal errors,” “14 powerful techniques,” “21 irrefutable laws,” “30 truths,” “101 biggest mistakes,” and “1001 ways.” Chris Lowney, Heroic Leadership:  Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World  —————- Bob… Read More This Baffles Me: So Much Emphasis On Innovation, and Leadership – So Little Actual Innovation and Leadership

Maybe We’re Too Enamored with the New – What Can We Learn from the Old, the Enduring?

This is the text I wrote for an announcement e-mail for the next Urban Engagement Book Club, which meets on December 1, here in Dallas (at the Highland Park Methodist Church, next door to SMU).  I decided to share it here. —————- We are enamored with the new.  We want the new, new thing.  We… Read More Maybe We’re Too Enamored with the New – What Can We Learn from the Old, the Enduring?