I recently read the article Evidence-Based Management (HBR Jan 06) which outlines an emerging movement which applies the scientific approach long used in medicine to the practice of management. A number of factors inhibit managers’ ability to make good decisions including: specialty bias (e.g. marketers tend to recommend marketing as a solution) hype (e.g. managers…
Year: 2006
How to Play to Your Strengths
In the article How to Play to Your Strengths I learned about a career planning technique that focuses on 100% positive feedback—that’s right no “constructive feedback”. The article outlines that it’s human nature to focus on the negatives (when asked people remember four negative memories for every single positive one). And yet far too often,…
Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker is a firm believer in “feedback analysis”, the process of comparing your past expectations with the actual results. In his article Managing Oneself I learned that this approach was actually popularized by John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola in the 16th Century and helped contributed to the success of the Calvinist and Jesuit movements….
What I’ve been up to…
In case you’re wondering where I’ve been all summer, my wife and I had our first child this July. I am constantly surprised by all that parenting has brought to our lives and am excited with each day to see how our son changes. As the fall begins I hope to start posting again on…
What I’ve been up to…
In case you’re wondering where I’ve been all summer, my wife and I had our first child this July. I am constantly surprised by all that parenting has brought to our lives and am excited with each day to see how our son changes. As the fall begins I hope to start posting again on…
Why eBay Express is important
Monday’s launch of eBay Express marks an important milestone not just for eBay but for the larger Search design community. As many of you know, I believe that the faceted metadata search system introduced in eBay Express is very much the direction that all large collections should head and am pleased with the progress we’ve…
Yahoo! shares design patterns
Today Yahoo! made a big contribution to the larger design community. Not thru an innovative product offering or nifty new technology… but thru a site committed to sharing their design patterns with the rest of the world. LukeW (who I suspect played no small role in this) has more on this important launch as does…
Yahoo! shares design patterns
Today Yahoo! made a big contribution to the larger design community. Not thru an innovative product offering or nifty new technology… but thru a site committed to sharing their design patterns with the rest of the world. LukeW (who I suspect played no small role in this) has more on this important launch as does…
eBay Watcher on Google Sidebar
Check out the new eBay plugin for Google Desktop’s sidebar which allows you to see items you’re watching. It’s a great example of two platforms working together. My colleague Alan Lewis (who collaborated w/Google on the project) has more.
eBay Watcher on Google Sidebar
Check out the new eBay plugin for Google Desktop’s sidebar which allows you to see items you’re watching. It’s a great example of two platforms working together. My colleague Alan Lewis (who collaborated w/Google on the project) has more.