Monday, 12 July 2010

Blog 3

Read the following text - http://www.cdl.rutgers.edu/e-leadership/pdf/KimandMauborgne.pdf - and answer these questions:

Identify the different types of decisions that Bill Bratton had to take. Which of these decisions did he support with numbers? What do you think he used them (numbers) for? Why do you think he found them (numbers) useful? What other factors do you think made him a successful manager?

Sunday, 4 July 2010

Blog 2

Watch this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc - and answer the following questions:

QUESTION 1
According to Steve Jobs, what is the only thing we can be certain of? What does his speech tell us about facing up to the other things in life?

QUESTION 2
How do you feel about uncertainty? Do you have any strategies for facing up to difficult situations where you are not sure of the outcome?

If you could pay someone who could

a) make you feel more confident about the decisions you take but was not able to reduce the uncertainty of their outcome
b) leave you feeling the same but actually give you a more certain outcome

which one would you choose if any? (You can choose not to pay and take what comes). Why would you choose that one and why not the others?