When I learned of Ronald Dworkin’s death last week in London at age 81, I was immediately saddened and then struck by how much his thinking on morality and law means to the Vested philosophy and the principles behind Getting to We. Mr. Dworkin, who died of leukemia, was a liberal scholar unafraid to tackle […]
Boeing Needs a Vested Approach
A report in a recent Sunday Seattle Times reported Boeing faces an indefinite grounding of the Dreamliner – its newest jet—because of a battery fire on a 787 in Boston and the smoldering of another battery on a flight in Japan a week later. The article quoted anonymous Boeing engineers who are blaming the company’s […]
Vested and Value Creation
There’s a short quote about creating value—along with a cute cartoon—that’s gone viral on the internet. It goes like this this: “I met a man with a dollar. We exchanged dollars. We each still had one dollar. Then I met a man with an idea. We exchanged ideas. Now we each have two ideas.” The […]
Coase: Are Economists Becoming Irrelevant?
Followers of this blog and the “economics of outsourcing” series know how much I admire Ronald Coase and the contributions he has made to economic thought regarding transaction costs, total costs, getting the math right and the emergence of modern outsource contracting. His groundbreaking work, stretching back to the 1930s, shed light on a new […]
Hands Down, Santa is the Top Outsourcer
We know that UPS loves logistics. At this time of the year UPA commercials stress the beauty of logistics — and don’t forget their jingle sung to the tune of “That’s Amore!” UPSers really have to love their job! They work extended hours seven days a week to make it happen. Warehouses add seasonal workers. […]
Stephen Covey and Principled Leadership
As the year winds down I want to pay tribute to someone, who whether you realize it or not probably had a major influence on your life at some point both in personal and professional terms. Stephen Covey—the educator, speaker and businessman, and the author in 1989 of the seminal The Seven Habits of Highly […]
Lindahl Joins Vested as a Center of Excellence
Please join me in welcoming our first international Vested Center of Excellence – Lindahl Law Firm in Sweden! It is not only exciting because Lindahl is our first international CoE that is skilled in providing Vested coaching, consulting and legal advice to companies wanting to implement Vested, but it is also the first law firm […]
Leading with Vision Takes…Vision
A recent Fast Company article talks about leading with farsightedness and leaders who are able to articulate possible futures in ways that are compelling and inclusive. The article makes a distinction between leaders and truly visionary, game-changing leaders; we know however that those in the latter category – a Steven Jobs, for example – don’t […]
Innovation Should Include the Business Model
Sometimes even the finest, most modern technology won’t get off the ground—or irrigate it—if it’s not in sync with the business model. That’s the lesson presented in an HBR Blog network post this month by Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, “When Business Models Trump Technology.” It’s a story about a new spin on an old […]
Lawyers Suing Lawyers about Outsourced Legal Work
There are times when I read an article or news story and scratch my head and say, “Really?” That thought occurred to me in spades as I read about Unocal’s horrible experience from outsourcing litigation portfolio using a reverse auction process. The fiasco is described in an article by Ashley Post in InsideCounsel Magazine. Now […]
