Month: June 2008
[CEOFlow] Love or fear this company; and a sales compensation example
Semco is a company that has been incredibly inspirational to me – I love it! However, some people get the creepy-crawlies when they learn about it and how the executives let go of control: “Semco has no official structure. It has no organizational chart. There’s no business plan or company strategy, no twoyear or five-year…
Better than brainstorming: “TryStorming”
[Aaron’s note: this is a guest post by Scott Krajca, a highly talented friend and collaborator of mine. I’m a believer in rapid prototyping, whether of ideas, tools, products or even businesses. When Scott told me about the practice of TryStorming, I asked him to write it up! I’ve noted below a couple of points…
Where does your work fall on an “Enjoyment Map”?
People can enjoy the process of what they do, and/or enjoy the outcome of what they do. Examples of the difference: Process – > Outcome Write -> Publish book Prepare for a presentation -> Give presentation Sell -> Receive contract & check Code software -> Use or share software Paint -> Show painting Write songs…
Mash your passions! How can you combine yoga and poetry and…?
People have a variety of things they love – and my belief is that there are plenty of ways to combine those passions into life and business in order to have the best of all worlds. You don’t have to keep them separate, and in fact, your business can become more powerful when you integrate…
A visual/circular business plan
One thing I know about myself: I like circles 🙂 I draw them in my notebooks constantly, to frame or communicate different ideas. Maybe it’s related to Buddhism (“everything is interconnected”), or the circle of life, or… As I mentioned before, I personally can’t do classic business plans, so I often find myself coming up…
Thought provoking questions
I’ve been thinking about a PebbleStorm presentation that leads people through a series of questions. The objective is to walk them out of the day-to-day work mindset that traps people, to awaken them to the fact that they have amazing, untapped potential already there inside themselves…if they’re willing to discover and explore it. 1. Are…
[CEOFlow] Management values that lead to CEO (and company) Flow
The ends of the push v pull management motivation spectrum are: There are some fundamental management values or operating principles that a CEO and managers can take to heart to move their culture away from push and closer to pull: Trust, Transparency and Alignment. The CEO must be the one to lead by example in…