You know how a great three-hour movie flies by but one that’s less than half as long can seem eternal? For me, watching “The Deer Hunter” or “Shawshank Redemption” is a riveting experience no matter how many times I’ve seen them – truthfully, I’ve lost count – and yet I’d sooner have Gronk perform emergency dental surgery on me…
Author: Chris Bond
Book Report – Almost by Hap Klopp & Brian Tarcy
Reading Almost by Hap Klopp and Brian Tarcy is a frustrating experience. Klopp, co-founder and former CEO of The North Face, spent a year deeply immersed in a Silicon Valley start-up called Ardica Technologies. Heard of it? Likely not, I realize, and yet if the team had gotten its act together back in 2009, it could’ve been a wild success.…
Book Report – Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
There you are in the box office queue, snaking your way to the front, anticipation running high on this particular Saturday evening at the movies. “Two for ‘The Martian,’ please,” you politely tell the cashier. Imagine if someone farther back in line were able to imperceptibly zoom to the front and, knowing that you were about to fork over $25…
Folding Up the Tent
This is the unfortunate story of what happens when a business manager chooses the path of least resistance. This path is known in some cultures as flushing money down the toilet, flinging profit out the window, and shredding company funds. Ruthless, regrettable behavior to be sure. The tale begins on an upbeat note: we had our final blowout party at…
Book Review – Change by Design by Tim Brown
Design thinking is an art that marries human behavior to idea generation. IDEO, a fixture in Silicon Valley for over 20 years with offices now across the globe, is the company best known for designing solutions to complicated matters. Tim Brown, the company’s CEO, wrote Change By Design and shares stories of how IDEO drives innovation in everything from improving…