be out of control, be a better organization

I started reading The Starfish and The Spider. I haven’t gotten very far in the book but I realized it is related my post on the power of an idea. I won’t go into the history of Wikipedia, but it actually started as a failure - Nupedia. There were a lot of gateways of control by [...]

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vision, mission and strategy

One of the great mysteries I have stumbled upon in leadership discussions is differentiating mission and vision. I actually stumbled upon a site that had good definitions. I also copied strategy and objective because they are also helpful. Mission: Enduring purpose. The fundamental reason for the organization’s existence beyond just making money. It is a direction, a [...]

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