What LeBron James can teach us about being a game changer
In professional basketball, the phrase 鈥済ame changer鈥� refers to a player who revolutionized how a position was played. Examples include Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and, most recently, LeBron James. Russell, Chamberlain, and Jabbar redefined the role of the center, both offensively and defensively. Before them, the paint was an easier place to score baskets.
Why Canadian retailers are a productivity bright spot
Retail is one of the toughest sectors out there: Customers are fickle, margins are often razor thin and competition is fierce.
鈥� Karl Moore, professor in the faculty of management at 91丝瓜视频 in Montreal, said Canada鈥檚 strong economy makes it an attractive country for foreign retailers to enter.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How to invigorate your company with an outsider's view
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks to Mary Yoko Brannen, new Jarislowsky Chair of the University of Victoria.
Read full article: The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2012聽
Young People Stop Just Texting Me And Give Me A Call Once In A While! PLZ Part Deux
This week is the 20th anniversary of the 1st text. As a middle aged person I have mixed feeling about this. I can鈥檛 decide if it鈥檚 got worst or maybe better. This week I got messages by text, email, Twitter, Facebook, voice mail, phone, cell phone, in person and a fax! The fax brought back some fond memories 鈥� it鈥檚 been a while.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How neuroscience can explain your trading risk profile
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks to John Coates, who spent 12 years on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as a trader in the heart of the beast, then moved on and now is a senior researcher at Cambridge University Neuroscience and Finance.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: The CEO isn't the only leader any more
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks to MIT鈥檚 Deborah Ancona.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2012
Change and Continuity: Mintzberg and Kotter Agree, You Must Manage Both
It seems every Business School professor starts by saying how much the world has changed鈥� 鈥� that was Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 opening to a session on change, not unsurprisingly Henry takes a different tack. He points out that continuity is as important as change. We are co-teaching strategy to a group of Chinese executives today, and I had to sheepishly admit I had done just that earlier in the day!
-Article by Karl Moore
Talking Management with Karl Moore: The power of making people laugh at work
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks to Peter McGraw, a professor of Marketing at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, November 6, 2012
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How do we rate emotional intelligence at work?
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks to Hillary Anger Elfenbein, professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Read full transcript: Globe and Mail, October 31, 2012
Leadership for introverts
According to author Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, introverts think first and speak later, a characteristic American companies don't always equate with strong leadership. In some organizations, this leads to a perception gap: the incorrect assumption that an introverted leader has "tuned out" or has backed away from a problem.
Like him or loathe him, Bettman brings brains to bear
As the man who officially announced the NHL lockout and is seen as its architect, commissioner Gary Bettman is taking more darts than anyone in this dispute, even more than NHL Players鈥� Association executive director Donald Fehr.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How to rebalance the economy with the help of the 'plural' sector
Prof. Karl Moore speaks with Prof. Henry Mintzberg about a forthcoming electronic pamphlet by Mintzberg on "rebalancing society" with the help of the "plural sector."聽
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2012
Henry Mintzberg On What Is Wrong With Our Economy and How To Begin To Fix It
Henry Mintzberg is one of the most thoughtful and provocative thinkers in management today. He has a new electronic pamphlet coming out called 鈥淩ebalancing Society.鈥� In this interview Henry tells what he thinks is wrong with our economies and what might be the way forward.
-Article by Karl Moore
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Harvard's Tarun Khanna and the need for governments to be more inclusive
Prof. Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91丝瓜视频 speaks with Tarun Khanna, professor at the Harvard Business School and the director of Harvard鈥檚 South Asia Initiative.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, October 16, 2012
The End of Leadership 鈥� At Least as We Know It!
America is currently facing a crisis of leadership in business and in government. Yet at the same time 鈥� participation in leadership seminars and programs has never been higher. The leadership industry, with many of its roots in America, is now a $50 billion industry. If America is so good at developing leaders however, then why is America a mess? Both presidential candidates are impressive men but neither seems, at this point, to really rise to equal leaders of the past.
