The Lesson of QWERTY

The Lesson of QWERTY

Interesting factoid… I learned today that the QWERTY keyboard layout is about 150 years old. It’s design was based on spreading the most commonly used letters as far apart as possible to fix the tendency of old fashioned typewriters from jamming when two...
It’s Not Who You Know…

It’s Not Who You Know…

You know the saying “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,”    NOT TRUE! I believe this mindset can contribute to an unnecessarily feeling of powerlessness if you become convinced that you don’t know the “right people”....
Henry Ford

Henry Ford

I recently watched the series “The Men Who Built America.”   Many of the titans of industry in the early 1900’s were ruthless and driven not only by profit, but the need to be the best.   While this is not bad in and of itself, some accomplished this...
10 Ways to Lose Your Best People

10 Ways to Lose Your Best People

— Written by Andrew Benett In the course of writing The Talent Mandate, I spoke with a prominent business school professor who told me that no corporate function lags behind today so dramatically as talent. He sees improvements and innovations in every area except in...
The Man in the Arena

The Man in the Arena

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who...