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- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
global challenges on their responses. Sudip Bose put it this way: "Venerated works of Milton Friedman have influenced government policies. . . . But, his shadow will be relentlessly chased primarily by global climatic concerns and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
Summing Up In the judgment of respondents to the October column, repeating the development of disruptive technologies is an admirable but elusive target. Respondents commonly asked whether it is a process disrupted by too many... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
might be taken in admissions to sort out the "bad apples," the primary responsibility of business schools is to provide a place where ethics and values can be discussed by all, rather than just those clearing some admissions... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
opportunities and substantial returns on investment of the kind suggested by some are years, perhaps even decades, away. It will require not only caution but also a great deal of patience as barriers to economic development are lowered.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
of work is going to ... increase morale." Faisal Shaheen takes the matter one step further by asserting that "If not supported and recharged, households will not be able to add productive talent to the future labor force."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
largely by scale alone." Several respondents offered an explanation for these phenomena. Typical was Rahul Sharma's comment: " . . . these high executive compensation packages are . . . necessitated View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column raise questions about whether Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requiring that senior managers certify the integrity of the processes by which their companies' financial reports are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
everyone is expected to give and take, teach and learn, during the discussions of issues in its classrooms. A book, Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire, by Tom DeLong (pictured above), a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
Microsoft caused by (2) a defense personally led by Bill Gates and (3) by the failure of the company's board to provide counsel. In the case of a high-tech company where... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned." The importance of maintaining an open mind on the subject of leadership was stressed by several. Ronnie Kavuma commented that, "I think... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
software. Jim Heskett Others of you cited examples of your use of hard-wiring. Jay Cross offers it as an alternative to traditional pricing. Although clients don't bite, he claims that it gets him... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
Sheikh extended this idea when he proposed that, "the number of work hours should be dictated by productivity—i.e., very productive individuals in an organization should be rewarded with greater time off (within) upper and lower... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
Summing Up by Jim Heskett A small but thoughtful set of responses to the question "Is Growth Good?" posed this month conveys the sense that the wrong questions were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
created by customers and clients and their increasing expectations that we be available day and night. Even more can be laid at the feet of leadership. But ultimately the primary culprit is us. That's my sense of the comments concerning... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
Summing Up Who Will Save Us From Our Work Habits? We have a problem in the workplace. Some of it is being forced upon us by forces in society. Some of it is of our own making. But we face increasing challenges in managing our work time... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
age and with it comes a price: privacy. If monitoring is a good way to provide security, so be it." Have we become so accustomed, however gradually, to the idea of oversight that surveillance in the name of transparency is a mere increment in a long-established... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
the greater the likelihood that it will not be a major player in future competitions in rapidly changing environments. —Professor James Heskett Both Dennis Crane and Richard Eckel suggested that a broader view of the competitive spectrum... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
diagnoses. Others advocated tax and non-tax solutions. The case against hasty change was made by Dave: "Market based capitalism is the greatest driving force of prosperity in the world today, but if we forget this and marginalize it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
an interesting concept of the importance of a "national brand."—Jim Heskett Others, while agreeing with this thesis, were not so sanguine about whether this will happen without greater efforts to influence foreign policy View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
nuanced cultural approaches." Whether this will produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable.—James Heskett Roy Bingham points out that "American management seems to work best when... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett