Comments for Big Sky Associates

Comment on Beware the Lure of Frameworks by John

John — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:59:11 +0000

Great points here. I’d add the old George Box quote, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” It’s critical to understand the model you’re using well enough to understand where it is weak in the context of the problem you’re working (and there is *always* a weakness).

Comment on Effective Communication: A Key Leadership Skill by thomas read

thomas read — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:34:44 +0000

Love this post, Brad. Something I can refer to whenever “communicating.”

Comment on It’s The Reward System, Stupid! by Allan Goldstein

Allan Goldstein — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:37:07 +0000

April,
I truly enjoyed the blog: both the message and the style it is written in. I particularly liked the example you used with Volkswagon’s Swedish Division and the stairs. A definite “win-win”. Keep up the good work and keep me on your blog list.

Comment on It’s The Reward System, Stupid! by tom

tom — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:16:23 +0000

fantastic post, april!

Comment on Decision Biases by John Dillard

John Dillard — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:36:03 +0000

Great post, and I’d also point to this post for further reading on specific types of decision bias: http://bigskyassociates.com/2009/09/best-of-the-blog-decision-making-traps/

Comment on Executives Can Enable Meaningful Work AND Affect the Bottom Line by Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:43:19 +0000

Hi Randy – Thanks for your reply. I agree, small companies are not immune from these issues. Company leadership sets the tone for communication flow and information exchange within the company and with clients. If this isn’t done well, company culture and transparency will suffer. To your point, leadership must also remain engaged enough to ensure proactive, relevant decisions and strategies that appropriately direct the work’s efficacy and employee purpose and satisfaction.

Comment on Executives Can Enable Meaningful Work AND Affect the Bottom Line by Randy

Randy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:31:16 +0000

Working in a small family owned business, which by the way, I am in no way related to, seem to have similar issues. It appears that ego’s play a large part of the dysfunction in addition to poor communication. Information travels primarily in one direction, from the top down. The people actually doing the work are not consulted about the process unless a major problem develops. This leads to leaders being reactive to issues as opposed to being proactive. How can leaders be effective if they do not understand the process?

Comment on Executives Can Enable Meaningful Work AND Affect the Bottom Line by tom read

tom read — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:04:17 +0000

great post!