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Inflation or WINflation?!
Economic inflation is running at the highest level in over a generation, but should this concern you as a manager? YES, most definitely. Ignore inflation and you might be ignoring the greatest motivational tool of a lifetime. A typical definition of inflation is when too much money is chasing too few goods causing prices to…
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Alumni Mailbag – Volume 1
At the International College of Businessry and Managering we like to keep in touch with our alumni and like to share our correspondence when we feel it will be helpful, instructive or inspiring to others. Here is an example that we believe is all three. Dear ICBM: I recently terminated my employment by a large…
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The Tao of Elon
For those few of you who are not familiar with Elon Musk, he is a serial entrepreneur that has started and sold several companies. Today he is CEO of Tesla, a moderately successful automobile manufacturer, and SpaceX an aerospace company that has created the first reusable rocket (which even to the jaded eyes at the…
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Meeting-nomics: Supply and Demand
Established economic theory states that as the supply of something increases the price (value) of that thing will fall. Similarly if the demand for a thing increases without a corresponding increase in supply the price will rise. Inflation is often explained as too much money chasing too few goods. Having defined these basic terms it…
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Meeting-nomics 305: The Phrase That Pays
Increasing TMT and expanding your influence are intimately tied, and like a Gordian knot, or the meaning of a mission statement, can’t be untied. So rather than fight it, embrace it. As you progress in your journey toward ever greater managerial excellence you might be faced with a situation where you start to lose control…
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Meeting-nomics 303: Unleveling the playing field
How to put yourself back in the game. In a TMT rut? Losing the TMT battle with your peers? Here are 5 simple ways to put yourself back on top! Simply take one of your larger conference rooms out of commission and prepare to ascend the corporate ladder. How to do this? There are several…
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Meeting-nomics 302: Maximizing synergies
To maximize the output of the Meet-conomy, a good manager must leverage every strategy at his or her disposal. That includes all the lessons in Meeting-nomics 101 (achieving the meeting clearing point), 201 (double booking and incomprehensibility) and what is presented here in 302: Maximizing Synergies where ever more subtle strategies must be employed to…