WINNERS AND THEIR SEX LIVES
Businesses and leaders who are big winners should breed prolifically. The theory of evolution by natural selection demands it! If the market proclaims a new initiative a stunning success, get the...
View ArticleOWNERS AND INTRUDERS
If two butterflies contest a sunny spot, they spiral around for a few minutes and then typically the intruder departs. But if both butterflies are already resident in the spot, the contest takes quite...
View ArticleTHE POWER OF DEPENDENCE
“Christianity describes the capacity to accept dependence as a mark of moral and spiritual health.” What Alain de Botton says is true – but is dependence really good? Is admitting weakness a sign of...
View ArticleA FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE
Three weeks ago I went to London’s Tate Gallery – the real one – and gazed at Stanley Spencer’s marvellous painting, The Resurrection, Cookham. There he is, naked, along with his wife and other...
View ArticleBUSINESS IS FRACTAL
Do you know someone who has “risen without trace” – who is successful, yet you can’t work out why? When I was a callow consultant, my first project was for an Irish conglomerate which had a...
View ArticleTHE UNIVERSE IS RUN BY SELECTION
How long is it since you sat quietly and pondered Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and what it means for your business and your life? If you’re anything like me, I know the answer –...
View Article4 LESSONS FROM ECONOMIC SELECTION
Where does evolution by selection work in business? Some products prosper, but most die young. Why? It may have little to do with product, and more to do with the family it is born into....
View ArticleOWNERS AND INTRUDERS
If two butterflies contest a sunny spot, they spiral around for a few minutes and then typically the intruder departs. But if both butterflies are already resident in the spot, the contest takes quite...
View Article8 REASONS NOT TO WORRY
Everyone wants to worry less. Few of us manage it. Here are eight reasons not to worry, together with ways to stop worrying that can really work. First, however, let me be clear about my definition...
View ArticleSTRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND
Evolutionary psychology says we are strangers in a strange land – and no country is more foreign to us than business. Most creatures that have survived are well suited to their environment. But...
View ArticleThe 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature: The Science of Success
In this sequel to the bestselling “The 80/20 Principle”, Richard Koch reveals how things really work – the universal, powerful patterns in nature, society, organizations and markets, the power laws –...
View ArticleTHINK INSIDE THE BOX!
I’m really excited! I’ve just stumbled across the best new technique for boosting the performance of any business. And guess what – the method is brilliantly retro. But even trend-setters and...
View ArticleBUSINESS IS A BOOK OF BETS
Most of us hate chance and uncertainty. We make plans and construct narratives that imply we can control events. But history and science tell us we are on the wrong track, and there is a better...
View ArticleTIME REVOLUTION
Everyone needs a time revolution. It is not that we are short of time or have too much of it. It is the way we treat time – even the way we think about it – that is both the problem and the...
View ArticleARE YOU IN THE RIGHT CAREER?
When it comes to careers, we have more choices than we often realize. Can you think of someone who doesn’t like their job much? Well, perhaps you can help them by pointing them to the choice of six...
View ArticleDO YOU HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS?
We under-cultivate what is most important. And nowhere is this more so than with regard to our friends. The 80/20 principle suggests a provocative hypothesis – that roughly 80 percent of the value...
View ArticleHOW TO WORK LESS AND MAKE MORE
You really can work much less and make much more. A great new book by Perry Marshall tells you how. Here is my summary of 7 ways to a richer, more pleasant life: 1. Find the Right Customer. This is...
View ArticleA BROKEN KINDLE MADE ME HAPPY
My Kindle broke yesterday. This made me very happy. Not at first you understand. I was quite cross as I wanted to read the end of my thriller. But when you are a book addict and you have no new books...
View ArticleTHE MYTH OF GLOBALIZATION
Certain markets may be global, but culture is not. It used to be said that we all live in one vast global village – I think they meant global shopping mall. But the idea that we are all cosmopolitan,...
View ArticleWHY THE ‘A’ TEAM IS SO RARE
What would you think if there was a strategy that worked brilliantly 100% of the time, but was almost never used? What if the strategy had no side-effects, worked to everyone’s satisfaction, and...
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