Category Archives: leadership

Culture: Define and evolve your secret sauce

Posted on August 8, 2010 by binnur

In my previous post, I talked about the definition of culture, its ingredients and how it supports your organization’s success. I concluded that: culture enforces and feeds what makes you successful; and culture is a living system that supports and … Continue reading →

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Culture: An Inside Look at Your Secret Sauce

Posted on June 30, 2010 by binnur

Culture is one of those overloaded terms… So much so that, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn have compiled a comprehensive 160+ definitions of culture in Culture: A critical review of concepts and definitions. Our current take on culture originates from Sir Edward … Continue reading →

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Technology Strategy 101: Competing technologies… Friend or foe?

Posted on February 8, 2010 by binnur

With the announcement of Apple’s iPad tablet, you may have observed jabs between Apple and Adobe regarding the support of Flash Video on Apple’s iPod/iPhone/iPad platform. Though this article is not about this specific dispute, it has been inspired by the … Continue reading →

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Mgmt 101: Lesson in engineering management with LEGOs

Posted on October 19, 2009 by binnur

A brilliant spectrum of reds, yellows and greens… That is what I see out of my office window, and I realize that it has been a while since I posted. This is party due to my summer vacation, but mostly … Continue reading →

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Deming’s New Leadership Competencies

Posted on July 19, 2009 by binnur

Recently I was reading about the need to recruit I-shaped people and T-shaped people for innovation in these articles: BusinessWeek‘s Innovation Calls for I-Shaped People by Bill Buxton FastCompany.com‘s Strategy by Design by Tim Brown As I glanced over them, I suddenly had a … Continue reading →

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