Hartford Management Shows They Lack Good Sense as Much as They do Talent
In her book The March of Folly (Knopf, 1984) historian Barbara Tuchman wrote, “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.” Tuchman might well have said the same thing [...]
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Hartford Being Hartford – Backstabs Customers and Agents
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management, Financial Services
Tags: Bob MacDonald·Business Management·Hartford Financial Services Group·Liam McGee·The Hartford
Live in the Past and be Lost in the Future
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management
How Bureaucracy Sabotages Corporate Success and What You Can do to Avoid It
The most deleterious inhibitor of consistent achievement by an organization is an entrenched bureaucratic culture. Like a creeping malaise that builds and strengthens over time, bureaucratic management, with its insincere, insecure, incompetent and incoherent actions, creates an unhealthy and unhappy work environment that [...]
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO ASK “WHY?”
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management
Curiosity is Fast Becoming a Lost American Trait
The nature of a human is to be curious. No living being exhibits more curiosity than a young child. The most often used word in the vocabulary of the young is “why.” Without curiosity there is no way to learn and no way to make things better. America [...]
Tags: Bob MacDonald·creativity·Curiosity·innovation·invention
