Comments on: CEOs are taking the new-venture route

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:24:48 +0000

In January 14th of this year, I proposed a comprehensive language to lead our organizations. It’s called MBS! (See http://www.fivestarmanager.com).
Would be desirable to analyze the managerial failures of those organizations, probably responsible for the crisis we face today
The answer could be in the lack or failure of any of the basic premises involved in the MBS.
Another question: Is the practice of MBS in our organizations an utopia?
Are our societies in a state of no return and the knowledge, the practice of rationality and values are an impossible?
The most important thing today is to know that happened and what we must do, to avoid repeating the history.
Luis G. Jaramillo
Medellin-Colombia
gjaramillom@gmail.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:40:21 +0000

If we consider the current world like one big village, does not believe that it is necessary to speak a “global language” ? The MBS is a languaje to avoid further crises and improve the global economy.
The MBS is fully explained in http://www.fivestarmanager.com
The MBA is a great program,but the problem is that companies and Executives must speak MBS !

Luis G. Jaramillo, Medellin-Colombia
gjaramillom@gmail.com

By: Geo Washington, AL

Geo Washington, AL — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:10:47 +0000

This article is pretty thin on information or guidance for new ventures. This belies our fundamental problem in America. We have so much rhetoric and very little substance in any organization anymore. Leadership is hard to find anywhere anymore and there’s lots of opportunity for those rare individuals with character and integrity.

By: Robert, San Francisco, CA

Robert, San Francisco, CA — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:46:53 +0000

After 24 years in large corporations, I moved out of the large corporate world and into a new venture. There is nothing as exciting and challenging as leading a new business. I exercise all aspects of what I have learned, my network, and truly enjoy building a team with a clear vision and passion.

It is definitely a new career path. I worry about being able to merge back into the large corporate environment. However, I am enjoying myself more today than I have in years. Most importantly, as Andrew Carnegie said, “My heart is in the work” again.

By: Curmudgeon, Nashua NH

Curmudgeon, Nashua NH — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:08:08 +0000

Hmmm. If a career is a jungle gym rather than a ladder, then it seems the careers (and career advice) of executives at traditional large companies (think GE, P&G, GM, etc., where they have spent 30 years or more) are largely aberrations, and any advice they might give applies only to a small and not-very-relevant niche of careers. As you give talks about the best CEOs, do you find this to be the case?