Good ideas about what a business should do.
It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. . I've learned that some "good" ideas never go out of style.
I want to pay tribute to Thomas Watson Sr. and his business skills that led to the success of IBM. The motto THINK was on every employee's desk.
Watson's three beliefs
- Respect for the individual
- Service to the customer
- Excellence must be a way of life
Some simple rules
- Pay for performance
- Walk the halls and listen...
- Competition leads to better product
- Quality is key
- Pay attention to the details
- Do it right the first time
- Take ownership
- Work smarter not harder
- THINK
Top 10 business virtues
This was taken from Seth Godin's book Wisdom, Inc. 1995
- Ethics
- Teamwork
- Honesty
- Curiosity
- Hard work
- Intelligence
- Self-motivation
- Sense of humor
- Initiative
- Creativity
Some wisdoms
- Three categories of senior executives: those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; and those who wonder what happened.
Some related links...
- IBM Management principles
- A document that shaped IBM's past successes.
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- Oct 20, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
- An interesting read; it's funny how "common sense" is not all that common - whether it's in business or life in general. --Joe
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