colin powell

Law of Instinct

love data, but not much credit is given to hunch; gut, instinct.  Colin Powell, in his Laws of Leadership, shares what he calls his Law of Instinct.  He claims the following:

Part I:

Use the formula P@40-to-70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information obtained.

Part II:

time.jpg I love data, but not much credit is given to hunch; gut, instinct.  Colin Powell, in his Laws of Leadership, shares what he calls his Law of Instinct.  He claims the following:

Part I:

Use the formula P@40-to-70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information obtained.

Part II:

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Overmanaged and Underled

As I mature and become more aware of the subtleties of business, I am slowly learning the meaning of Leadership.  For most of my career and, in part, my education, I have aimed to be become the best — technically — in the field of Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.  I haven’t achieved my aim — and, indeed, view that pursuit as a lifetime goal — but I am now at a place where I feel some sense of achievement in those areas that I mentioned and have become painfully aware of those areas where I need to grow.

As I mature and become more aware of the subtleties of business, I am slowly learning the meaning of Leadership.  For most of my career and, in part, my education, I have aimed to be become the best — technically — in the field of Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.  I haven’t achieved my aim — and, indeed, view that pursuit as a lifetime goal — but I am now at a place where I feel some sense of achievement in those areas that I mentioned and have become painfully aware of those areas where I need to grow.

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