Is Your Team Speaking the Same Language?

Is Your Team Speaking the Same Language?

In the 1803 Battle of Maida, an army of 6,200 Napoleonic French prepared for battle against 5,200 allied British and Italian soldiers. At the beginning of the battle, a commander for the allied army sent orders to “advance when the drums sound.”  By the time the order...
8 Attributes of the Big Dumb Company [Part I]

8 Attributes of the Big Dumb Company [Part I]

8 Attributes of the Big Dumb Company: This is the first post in a two-part series.  As an organization grows from its entrepreneurial roots as an innovative upstart into a larger organization, it must guard against developing attributes of the Big Dumb Company;...