by david allan van nostrand | Dec 5, 2022 | Items in the News, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Point of view
That’s the headline you’ll be reading soon when the powers that be get the details sorted out. It will not happen until early in 2023 because there are a lot of things that need to be done first. Why Tiger? Tiger Woods is the world’s most popular golfer. He is one of...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 8, 2021 | Items in the News, Leadership, Strategy
In 2015, McDonald’s was congratulating themselves on the success of their brand-new All-Day Breakfast because same-store sales had risen 5.7%. They deliberately avoided mentioning how the confluence of more than a dozen things contributed to that small increase. Only...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 28, 2020 | Leadership, Strategy
Spike Lee’s film Do The Right Thing was a cautionary tale (one that warns of the consequences of actions and inactions). It did not provide “answers” to the issues it exposed. Instead, the film reflected back to its audience their own perspectives on prejudice and...
by david allan van nostrand | Apr 20, 2020 | Gatekeepers, Leadership, Surveys
I was once asked to oversee data collection for a survey sponsored by one of the world’s largest and most well-respected Non-Governmental Organizations. The data collected would be used by the C-suite to develop goals and objectives and allocate time, people, and...
by david allan van nostrand | Apr 6, 2020 | Leadership, Outsiders, The Myopia of Experts
Every management strategy is a best guess, never perfectly clear or fully confident. Every best guess benefits from insights that challenge, confirm, or contradict existing beliefs. I share the conviction of those who believe one of the key functions of research is to...
by david allan van nostrand | Jun 10, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Research
In the late 1800s, the United States were transforming themselves into an industrial society. Millions moved to the cities to work in the new factories, where conditions were unimaginably wretched. Sociologists, reformers, and people concerned with social injustice...
