Entries from December 2010
By Marylene Delbourg-Delphis @mddelphis The shibumi strategy by Matthew E. May is both a parable and a lesson on the quiet aesthetic simplicity and transformative energy in Japanese culture. It all starts with Andy Harmon’s sudden misfortune. One day, his company closes. A good husband and good father (very much the image of the perfect, […]
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Tags:Baldassare Castiglione·Delbourg-Delphis·Leadership internalization·Matthew E. May·Motivational·Personal development·Self-reinvention·shibumi·sprezzatura·The Book of the Courtier·The shibumi strategy·Zen self-discovery process
By Marylene Delbourg-Delphis @mddelphis Chatting over breakfast the other day at Il Fornaio with Nilofer Merchant, whose book The New How, Building Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy I discussed in a former post, I realized that a “new how” often starts with a “new me.” This “new me” can be triggered by unforeseen events – events […]
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Tags:Arranged marriage·innovation·Innovative Cultures & Kicking Ass·Leadership·Marylene Delbourg-Delphis·Nilofer Merchant·Personal development·Role model·Rubicon Consulting·Self-reinvention·The New How·Women in business