@tangy_turbo BookClub Esther

This episode corresponds to GGOB's Chap 6.

"Look, NO ONE wants to avoid looking under the hood more than I do."  -me

Top 3 common CEO fears when considering opening up their financial books to implement the Great Game of Business (GGOB):

1) What do we reveal if our numbers are bad?  2) What if our competitors get ahold of our numbers?  3) What will our employees think if our numbers stink?

This episode corresponds to takeaways from chap 5 of the "Great Game of Business" by Jack Stack.

If teams can't win in baseball without knowing the rules, then why in business (a way more vicious sport) don't employers teach their "players" the basics?  

You know how to do your job, but can you also see how your department affects the business overall?  If not, then you might be arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.  

Widen your scope asap with the Great Game of Business: a free management operating system that works as a game.    

Episode 7 corresponds with material in Chap 4 of the GGOB book.

et55@cornell.edu, Tweet me @tangy_turbo 

Episode corresponds with Chap 3 of the book.  Is it possible to teach people to genuinely care about the quality of their work? 

This episode traces reasons for the well-planned meteoric rise of the Industrial Commons in the US (1800-1990).  We also pinpoint the internal and external reasons for its erosion post WW2.     

Many of us know the word "outsourcing."  

But do we truly know how to control (and dare I say, maximize) the benefits of trade surpluses and trade deficits?