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Jim Collins

Feb 21 2009   12:03PM GMT

What is your organization’s single greatest economic denominator?



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Jim Collins, Inherent Quality, 2020, Continual Improvement, Social Responsibility

For those familiar with the work of Jim Collins, great organizations have apparently profound insight into the inner workings of their economics because they are able to pick one ratio to systematically increase over time that will have the greatest most sustainable impact on their economic engine (or for the social sectors, their resource engine).  Perhaps every organization needs to ask themselves, what is their single greatest economic denominator, and how can they develop a sustainable engine to deliver superior performance relative to their mission. If every organization did this perhaps this would greatly assist with having sustained social and economic continual improvement globally before, by and beyond perfect vision leap year 2020.

Thank you for all you do. Have a great day, and future.

Feb 20 2009   8:20PM GMT

The Greatest Economic Denominator



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CNA, Inherent Quality, Jim Collins, Good To Great, Social Responsibility

the social impact of learning or being exposed to learning is the greatest economic denominator of this college

Jean Madill, President, CNA

 


Nov 22 2008   11:56AM GMT

Perhaps we all may benefit by reading and internalizing what it means to be a level 5 leader



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Inherent Quality, Leadership, Jim Collins, Good To Great, Darwin Smith, Level 5

See this page; and on it be sure to read this excerpt from Good to Great. Borrowing on words within Good to Great that were apparently once expressed by a paper industry hall of fame inductee (Darwin Smith), perhaps it is good to never stop trying to be qualified (perhaps this is something we all can more so apply to increasingly make quality and value more inherent within ourselves and our interconnected universe).


Nov 4 2008   12:12PM GMT

A dynamic process, progressive excellence



Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, innovation, Jim Collins, Good To Great, Interactive Intelligence

It may be true that as each person increasingly practices respect and humility and brings positive energy and goodness to the paths of their journey, the world overall will increasingly achieve new dimensions of greatness, new dimensions of quality, value, excellence and simplicity. As suggested within a 35 page monograph (Good To Great and The Social Sectors by Jim Collins intended to accompany the book Good To Great by the same author), it may also be true that there is value inherent to adjusting one’s balance between trying to be interesting, and investing more so in being interested. This may be particularly true for those in leadership roles (e.g., perhaps including newly elected or appointed officials). As each becomes more and more open minded, practices continual learning and active listening, and collaborates with respect and humility, it may be the world will experience dynamic increases to interdependence and trust and to the speed they can increasingly help to enable; it may be positive results throughout the world will continually bring new dimensions of greatness, joy (quality) and peace (value). Whether an everyday member of the global community, or someone who is within or soon will be within a role of great power and responsibility, perhaps keep the words within this post in mind while you do your best to have a wonderful quality of life, and perhaps in the process to in someway inspire or help with global improvements to such so the world will increasingly be a better place for all in the present and future. While it will always be important to celebrate successes, it may be it is important more so not to linger in them or to consider yourself great. It may be it is more important with each success to continue to be humble, generous and grateful… and otherwise to continually build upon great principles and encourage that they be developed equally within all. While it may be worth pursuing such things as greatness it may be that it is more important to increasingly try our best to be good to one another and to show interest more so than to try to be interesting.

Greatness is an inherently dynamic process, not an end point. The moment you think of yourself as great, your slide toward mediocrity will have already begun — Jim Collins, Good To Great and The Social Sectors

What do you think is the most important inherent quality of all great leaders and organizations? Is it that they have a roadmap, or that they ensure the bus will have the right people, principles and attitudes on board for collaborative continual improvement? What do you think inherently are the right principles and attitudes for collaborative continual improvement? What do you think are the core values that all should increasingly try to walk and talk, or to elevate and exemplify within self, organization, software, technology, information and humanity? What do you inherently believe is at the core, the center, of continually inspiring and achieving greater and greater dimensions of global progressive excellence? What do you think is needed within your organization, and within society, to evolve quality and value to the next level? How important is presence management, and do any of the 5 scenarios within the noted event relate to your organization? What do you consider to be an innately important component of interactive intelligence? What do you find works best to develop a mindset for goodness, progressive excellence and continual innovation?