December 26, 2005
The first important painting I ever bought was by an artist, previously unknown to me, Tom Phillips. I fretted that I would never hear of Phillips again but how wrong could I be? Click the title above or below to read more about this great and prolific polymath.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (0) | Filed under: The Art GalleryBuy a business
December 22, 2005
How not to buy a business and how ace buyers buy a business. Click title above or below to read Bob’s Bullet Points.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (0) | Filed under: Bob's Bullet PointsEdward de Bono: Parallel thinking
December 21, 2005
Edward de Bono explains how to simply widen your perspective and then perhaps change your opinion. Click title above or below to read how.
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December 17, 2005
I see that some smart City fellows are setting up a fund to invest in contemporary art, which they regard as a sure thing and a source of great potential returns. Well, yes and no. Click on title above or below to read more.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (1) | Filed under: The Art GalleryLeadership and management
December 16, 2005
I get the feeling that in the constant struggle between leadership and management, leadership is getting the upper hand. The conflict arises because the failure of highly trained and presumably intelligent managers is attributed to poor leadership (look at General Motors now), while failure of dynamic leaders is attributed to their lack of interest in and application of the lessons of good business management. I’ve always thought this a false and dangerous dichotomy … click title above or below for more.
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December 15, 2005
Here are three business processes essential for success, from Andersen Consulting, now Accenture.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (0) | Filed under: Bob's Bullet PointsBusiness success from new ideas
True, all new ideas pass through teething periods of greater or lesser severity. Out of 150 top electronic system companies listed in 1985, nearly half had left the list 10 years later, and a similar result was probably achieved in 2005. But that’s no excuse for inaction by others. The firms that failed, like those which collapsed in the dot.com bust, were just managed badly. Click title above and below to read in full.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (1) | Filed under: Management, New Media, Internet businessHype, Dali, dealers and (buying) Early Is Best
December 12, 2005
Quality lasts even though fads and fashions change. And there’s a case for buying earlier work, rather than later, because very often EIB applies - Early Is Best. By the time the big reputation has been made, you’re at the mercy of the dealers, as in one recent case when a dealer rang a buyer to say that a picture which the would-be buyer had never seen had become available. ‘Great’, said the collector. ‘When can I see it?’. ‘You can’t', replied the dealer. ‘It’s now, over the phone, or never’. Click title above or below to read more.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (0) | Filed under: The Art GalleryNew business ideas
December 8, 2005
Husband and wife team Andrew and Mary Bragg have written an unusual and highly effective guide to ‘Developing New Business Ideas’. As you would hope, the book is full of unusual and effective approaches. For example, the authors, like most writers on cerebration, tell you about the right brain (intuitive) and left (logical) which determine your thought patterns. But you really want to develop ‘whole brain thinking’ - and these exercises will help … click title above or below to read the exercises.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (1) | Filed under: Bob's Bullet Points, Business strategy, Business booksDe Bono: Entrepreneurship needs design
December 6, 2005
It is not enough just to have an idea. There also needs to be a ‘design’ of how that idea can be put into action, Edward De Bono explains. Click title above or below to read in full.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (6) | Filed under: de Bono SaysThe Peter Drucker Legacy
Peter Drucker influences every manager, whether they know it or not, with breakthrough ideas. To find out how he can help you, click on the title above or below.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (3) | Filed under: Management Gurus, ManagementTotal Quality Management and Motivation
Here’s a stimulating enquiry from one of our readers, who wants the answer to questions about quality management and motivation that take me back to 1993, when I interviewed 20 European companies for a book on Total Quality Management. The enquiry goes to the heart of the matter. Click the title above or below to read the answer.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (2) | Filed under: Management, Total Quality ManagementMark Brown: dolphins and dinosaurs
The difference between the bad old/present days and innovative 21st century management is charted exactly by a questionnaire which the English psychologist Mark Brown uses to differentiate between ‘dolphins’ and ‘dinosaurs’. Click title above or below to see the questionnaire.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (1) | Filed under: Bob's Bullet Points, ManagementBusiness forecasting: use your own judgement
December 5, 2005
Experts are about as good as dart-throwing monkeys at predicting the future according to a new book by Philip Tetlock. To read more, click the title above or below.
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (0) | Filed under: In The News, Business booksEdward de Bono - The intelligence trap
Unfortunately, many people with a high intelligence actually turn out to be poor thinkers. They get caught in the ‘intelligence trap’, of which there are many aspects. For example, a highly intelligent person may take up a view on a subject and then defend that view (through choice of premises and perception) very ably. The better someone is able to defend a view, the less inclined is that person actually to explore the subject. Click title above or below to read in full…
Read in full Posted by Bob | Comments (1) | Filed under: de Bono SaysChris Ofili at the Tate
December 2, 2005
There’s a fine old-fashioned row over the Tate Gallery and its purchase of The Upper Room, representing the 13 Stations of the Cross, by the British artist Chris Ofili for a healthy £600,000. Click the title above or below to read on.
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