Nilofer Merchant: October 2006 Archives
Here you’ll find a collection of blog entries published during the month of Nilofer Merchant: October 2006.
Grade school idea applied to Business, perhaps?
By Nilofer Merchant on October 29, 2006
Today, I led a session at the WITI conference on Spirituality & Business. We worked on 3 case studies: one with the Radioshack CEO who lied about his education as an example of classic misrepresentation, one about the pre-texting situation…
“Outsides” building your stuff?
By Nilofer Merchant on October 29, 2006
Recently, Yahoo announced they were letting “outsiders” build their email solution. Why would they do that, some might ask? Why would they not, is what I’m thinking. Get the best ideas to come help you and not only will it…
Two types of Advisors: those that Critique and those that Create
By Nilofer Merchant on October 28, 2006
Have you ever had the feeling that the people around you are there to tell you how something won’t work? Those are called critiques. Having a critique around as an advisor would be like being in the middle of the country and lost trying to get to NYC let’s say, and having someone come by to say, “this freeway won’t take you to there”. Okay, fair enough. But don’t just leave me there, dude. Tell me which one does!
Even Steinways get out of tune
By Nilofer Merchant on October 23, 2006
What’s the difference between an ethical leader and a business leader? Are they mutually exclusive, a subset of each other, or one and the same? This coming week, I’m speaking and facilitating a workshop, sponsored by the national Women in…
Carly, 2.0
By Nilofer Merchant on October 20, 2006
Carly 2.0 was released this week. Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, is on tour for her book, Tough Choices. Yesterday, I went. Are you surprised I went? I was. I had heard enough stories here in the Valley…
Live is to Choose
By Nilofer Merchant on October 5, 2006
My firm is growing, and growing up to be something significant, and so this entry is my reflection on growth and what drives it. On a personal level, I believe that to live is to choose. But to choose well,…