Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, co-authored the article titled “The Seven Surprises for New CEOs” published in the Harvard Business Review of October 2004. This article, as with all of his articles, is worthwhile reading. The premise is that CEOs assume ultimate responsibility for the success and failure [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Why CEOs are Doomed to Re-Inventing the Wheel
July 1, 2011 – 14:53
We should all be awe-inspired by the Wright brothers; the two men from Dayton, Ohio who discovered the principles of controlled flight. At that time, contemporary aviation pioneers such as the German Otto Lilienthal were successful at gliding; exchanging altitude for forward movement. The success of their aircraft was literally dependent upon the whim of [...]