Nothing So Practical (Research Watch)

September, 2009    JMM-022 Nothing So Practical (Research Watch) Responding to those who dismiss theory as the antonym of practical, Kurt Lewin, an American psychologist, was reported to have said that ‘there is nothing so practical as a good...

Survival of the Dumbest

December, 2009    SFP-017 Survival of the Dumbest Definitions of the same management strategy terms can vary significantly. This is important in practice as it can lead to communication problems. There are clear explanations for why and how this...

Spot the Difference

July, 2009    O2N-006 Spot the Difference If I’m ever invited onto the Today programme and forced to come up with a sound bite about how to spot the difference between successful firms and failures, I think I’d have the answer: Beware...

Overcoming “them and us”

November, 2009    SFP-016 Overcoming “them and us” When we strongly identify with our group, we instinctively identify against people in other groups. However, this persistence of stone-age group identity thinking doesn’t help us in the...

Time to put away childish things

October, 2009    SFP-015 Time to put away childish things It is common to see experienced executives defending outmoded ideas with ferocious determination and irrationality. My research sheds some light on why otherwise intelligent people may...