Leadership & Businesstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1261312012-05-14T11:52:24-06:00with David SilversteinTypePadleadershipandbusiness/Czeqhttp://feedburner.google.comHow to Spot a One-trick Ponytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e20168eb7f142b970c2012-05-14T11:52:24-06:002012-05-14T11:52:24-06:00I recently read extracts from a new book titled Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. One of Rumelt’s contentions is that copying from other companies, especially business icons, can often lead to...David Silversteinhttp://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2012/05/how-to-spot-a-one-trick-pony.htmlBest Practices: The Good, the Bad, the Uglytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e201676615db29970b2012-05-07T03:45:00-06:002012-05-07T03:45:00-06:00Recently I attended one of the countless numbers of conferences held every year to examine best practices. At this conference, one of the speakers, a longtime client, boasted about his company’s best practices. As he talked on, I thought to...David Silversteinhttp://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2012/05/best-practices-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly.htmlBest Practices: Arriving at the Wrong Solution?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455b43769e2016304a70e44970d2012-04-30T03:45:00-06:002012-05-14T11:53:57-06:00What is it about best practices that make them so appealing? Google, Facebook, Amazon, everyone loves to talk about them. You might be thinking the Internet is the key to their success. And that’s certainly a big part of it....David Silversteinhttp://www.leadershipandbusiness.com/2012/04/best-practices-arriving-at-the-wrong-solution.html