Posts tagged "jim collins"

In an era of large salaries and bonuses, it seems almost counter-intuitive to suggest that non-financial rewards are the greatest motivators of talented people at work. But we may be wrong.

One might think that a business should always be on the quest for growth. But is growth always good?

SmartCompany Plus explores advice from nine entrepreneurs and business leaders on the underrated importance of vision and purpose in SMEs.

Eight experts explain why innovation is an iterative process that relies on trial and error, requiring a pragmatic, adaptable and ego-free mindset that keeps chipping away.

In this interview, Jim Collins attributes his three decades of success to his mentor Bill Lazier, who was willing to trust and back him to the hilt, and shares three of the best lessons from him.

Jim Collins is one of the most successful business thinkers, authors, and researchers of the modern era. In an interview with SmartCompany Plus, he shares his best advice.

Failure is an ingredient for success. But how do top entrepreneurs embrace mistakes, learn from them, and move on positively?

The idea for this blog took shape during a catch up chat with my friend last week in Perth. We were talking about a recent discussion of his…

Books are one of my very favourite things. Ebooks, audiobooks, good old paper and ink books. They inform me, get me thinking in new ways, in…

For most founders, the process of starting their business starts with a bold ambition and it was no different for the founders of SmartCompa…

While Wellington recovered from the previous week’s earthquake amidst a few aftershocks here and there, a stalwart group of souls gathered…

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about organisational identity these past few weeks and as part of that, organisational values have been …