During The Boom Years, It Was So

Too Many People Let Others Stand In Their Way And Don't Go Back For One More Try.

People Who Are Making Decisions About The Future Often Don't Have Access To Some Of The Best Ideas In The Company, Which May Be At The Periphery Or At Lower Levels.

It Is Easier To Talk About Money -- And Much Easier To Talk About Sex -- Than It Is To Talk About Power. People Who Have It Deny It; People Who Want It Do Not Want To Appear To Hunger For It; And People Who Engage In Its Machinations Do So Secretly.

Thinkers, Makers And Traders Are The Dna Of The World Class Company

Sports Is A Perfect Activity In Which To See Streaks And Cycles, Organizational And Otherwise, In Action - And To Watch Confidence Build Or Erode. There Are Repeated Episodes Of Performance With Similar Rules And Clear Winners Or Losers. I Added Team Sports To My Studies Of Business Because There Are Excellent Parallels To Work Groups In The Performance Of Sports Teams And Also Excellent Parallels To Larger, More Complex Businesses Or Organizations In The Strategy, Structure, And Culture Surrounding Any Particular Team.