August 26, 2007

"Misunderstanding the Nature of Company Performance: The Halo Effect and Other Business Delusions"

California Management Review, a leading journal aimed at practioners as well as academics, asked me to write an article based on my book.  The result is here, perhaps the best short synthesis of the key ideas from The Halo Effect.  This link will allow you to read an abstract or buy a reprint in pdf format.  Link to California Management Review

July 12, 2007

ChangeThis: "Forget Formulas: How Managers are Fooled in their Search for Success"

ChangeThis describes itself as a vehicle, not a publisher -- it's a sort of virtual publisher that aims to communicate ideas in the business world.  Thanks to a reference from the folks at 800CeoRead, I was asked to write a ChangeThis manifesto, which has now been published on July 11.  You can download the article in pdf format by clicking here:  ForgetFormulas.pdf   

Alternately, you can follow the link to the ChangeThis site: "Forget Formulas: How Managers are Fooled in their Search for Success"

June 07, 2007

"From Halo to Hell"

A short article that I wrote appears in the June issue of Chief Executive magazine.  It sets out some of the main ideas from The Halo Effect, with particular relevance for CEOs. 

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March 02, 2007

"The Halo Effect and Other Management Delusions"

This article, published in the current issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, is perhaps the best succinct statement of the key ideas in The Halo Effect--with particular implications for business strategists. Read full article here

January 07, 2007

"Why Success Formulas Will Never Work…but Consulting Can Add Real Value" (Jan. 2007)

I contributed this article, which draws on ideas from The Halo Effect, to Management Consulting News, a newsletter for the management consulting industry.

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January 04, 2007

“Billions and Billions Served: The Delusion of Data Quantity”

Many studies congratulate themselves for the sheer quantity of data they gathered—from In Search of Excellence to Good to Great. But quantity doesn't matter if the quality is suspect.

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"€œWhat Richard Feynman Can Teach Business Managers"€

Rigorous thinking is about questioning and doubt—€”not about blind acceptance of simplistic formulas, as so often found in popular business books.

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“Is Success 10% Strategy and 90% Execution—or the Other Way Around?”

A probing look behind one of today's most common business clichés.

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"What if Everyone played Moneyball?: The Relative Nature of Performance in Baseball and Business"

Michael Lewis's wonderful book, Moneyball, has implications for the world of business. Can every team succeed if it adopts Billy Beane's methods? No, because performance is relative, not absolute.

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“A Field Guide to Business Delusions: How to Tell the Nuggets from the Nonsense”

A handy guide to assess business research--and not be taken in by doubtful claims.

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