Sep 7th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Are Titles Hurting Your Company?

Oh wow, you’re the CEO!?  SENIOR Vice President, you must be really important! …YUCK! Titles Influence Actions Think about this. If you automatically attribute certain rights and privileges to a certain “class” of titles, your interactions with those people are artificially influenced right out of the gate. In addition, if you attribute a level of superiority with certain titles... read more

Jul 3rd 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Three A’s That Fuel Visionary Thinking And Performance

Yesterday, I came across this amazing series by Jonathan Fields entitled: CEO’s Secret Weapon: little-known tactics that fuel visionary thinking. The Three A’s that Jonathan talks about in the series are: Get Away Train Your Attention Time To Get Active I won’t even give a quick summary here.  Read the whole three part series. When reading it, think about the people you know that... read more

Feb 24th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Lessons in Management: McDonald’s During the 1970’s

Late last week I had the privilege of talking with someone that opened and ran numerous McDonald’s in the 1970’s.Two things he said really stuck out to me.  One speaks of his own innovative management practices and the other of the leadership of McDonald’s CEO at that time (Fred Turner). He told me about one McDonald’s he ran in particular, and how he had problems in that area with... read more

Aug 23rd 07 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Creating a Culture of Innovation: The SANE approach

In thinking about innovation and how innovation can become a cultural trait, as opposed to something that organizations strive for artificially, I came up with what I call the “SANE” approach to innovation, or SANE Innovation. This approach is to be used by leadership, or the individual/individuals you have made responsible for managing innovation within your organization or team. In my... read more