I spend over an hour in traffic everyday so I try and listen to as many audio books as I can. I figure I might as well use the time wisely. Here are two books I love and have listened to more than once:
Tha Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, this book keeps me in check and reminds me that my brain is far from perfect at getting to right conclusions when looking at data. I suggest if you work with making decisions from data, interested in investing or work with other people that make decisions from data that this book is a must read.
The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky, I will concede that this book is written in a very different style but I couldn't put it down (pull the plugs out my ears in this case) I finally got the idea behind the term business model. The book forces you to think in terms or where and how does the profit in the business come from and how do I grow it. I find myself standing in the pizza store try to figure out how they make their money and what the opportunities would be to increase the profit. So if you like trying to understand business and how the cogs turn then this is a must listen.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Matrix .......structure
Well the all powerful Google Analytics says we have had 12 people read this blog in the last couple of weeks, the fact that the average time on the site is close to zero must be a data glitch right ;)
Anyway in conversation with one of my company's executive we got to discussing matrix structures. Now I have a history with matrix structures....I don't like them. I know they can be extremely powerful and efficient but i have found they are very hard to manage and often take up so much energy to manage people the right way to get anything done that I don't know if its worth it. But there is more to it, I believe that it removes responsibility to things like a budget and leaves some players with skin in the game and others with none.
That said I can see how "commodity" and skills you require infrequently can be matrixed but I don't understand how you matrix entire departments.
So to our 12 readers, what are your experiences?
Happy spring day
Anyway in conversation with one of my company's executive we got to discussing matrix structures. Now I have a history with matrix structures....I don't like them. I know they can be extremely powerful and efficient but i have found they are very hard to manage and often take up so much energy to manage people the right way to get anything done that I don't know if its worth it. But there is more to it, I believe that it removes responsibility to things like a budget and leaves some players with skin in the game and others with none.
That said I can see how "commodity" and skills you require infrequently can be matrixed but I don't understand how you matrix entire departments.
So to our 12 readers, what are your experiences?
Happy spring day
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