Posted by Martin Zwilling on August 19th, 2013
In business and startups, a “sense of urgency” is a good thing. Yet many entrepreneurs confuse this with a “sense of emergency,” which insidiously saps the life from their business. Urgency comes from a greater purpose focused outward, to make good things happen, while handling emergencies is a reactionary inward approach to saving ourselves from the daily crisis.
We’ve all
Posted by Martin Zwilling on May 6th, 2013
In today’s business startup environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Speed is the driver because customers have a zero tolerance for waiting, and there are always competitors gaining on you.
John P. Kotter, in “A Sense of Urgency,” delves into the how-to required
Posted by Bob Rice on October 14th, 2011
Of course, Steve Jobs left us a lot of incredible lessons. Unfortunately, some of the really key ones, like “Be a genius”, can be tough to execute (I’ve been trying for years). But one crucial one that you can implement might be called the “Rhythm Method”: imparting a well-known beat to your product and service upgrades.
Possibly the most shopworn
