Stanley Herz interview with Lynn Sher on ABC's 20/20
Inc. Magazine, in a cover story described Stanley Herz as a craftsman.
Business Week in a full page profile said Stanley Herz can compete with much larger firms.
The Wall Street Journal has interviewed Stanley Herz for articles on Management and Organization
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Per clinical researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier: “Do not get trapped into prior thoughts. It’s perfectly okay to change your mind as you learn more.” But companies and individuals frequently have a stubborn steak that often leads them down a path of disappointment because they cannot admit they were wrong.
I recently saw “The King’s Speech.” It was excellent and what I particularly liked is that it humanized the Monarchy. What we often forget is that no matter how powerful or successful someone appears to be, there is always an ordinary person with foibles behind the façade.
“A lot of people choose to hire people who look exactly like them…Here we just value balance a lot more and you end up with a much better system.” This according to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Time Magazines “Person of the Year.”The Wall Street Journal reported that NYC is placing cameras in city buses at a cost of $18,000 each. That is a ridiculous amount and just illustrates the difference between a government bureaucracy and private industry. The latter can put a lot of electronics in outer space for that amount. I support many government objectives, but I am also fearful of the execution.
The furor over the invasive TSA screening makes me wonder why the government bureaucracy cannot take its lead from industry. The insurance sector recently announced moves to do away with pre-insurance physicals by using data mining algorithms which are just as predictive. At the airports I merely see a more heavy-handed approach to the same old strategy.
The news is mostly dismal, which is why I love reading obituaries. It is uplifting to read about how people make life count, and obits have the voyeurism of a reality TV show. David Rowland recently died. He took the most prosaic item, a chair, and created one of the most productive inventions from it, the stackable chair. How many people can think that far out of the box?
Regardless of what you think of him, Terry Jones, the (almost) Quran Burning pastor of a tiny church in Gainesville, Florida had managed to get worldwide publicity last month. For that he deserves credit.
A Wall Street Journal article talks about Kutsher’s, the venerable Catskill resort still in operation. Founded in 1907, it wasn’t able to distinguish itself from the glut of resorts until the next generation took over in 1946. They turned to emphasizing sports and hiring young (still to be famous) athletes for the staff. The public loved it. All it took was someone with a different way of thinking.
A change of approach is often necessary. An article tells how condo developers in NYC have found success by altering their presentation to reflect market realities. They same thing holds true whether looking for a job, or running a company. You have to continually step back and evaluate reality and your approach. The world is how it is, not how it was, or how you want it to be.
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