ASTD 2013: D.I.B.s on Business Acumen

Doing Is Believing: Get Your D.I.B.s on Business Acumen!   How can experiential learning highlight the key components of business acumen? How should business acumen be understood by managers? How can they enhance their skills, and achieve better results for the … Read More »

Tech innovations and culture change

One of the current technological innovations which will have the greatest social impact is the introduction of driverless cars. Change will occur in stages. The first driverless cars will be more aware of their immediate environment than a human driver … Read More »

Business Acumen – Where’s my flying car?

For those who feel that the technological marvels foreseen in the 1950s have failed to materialize, the heartfelt cry is “Where’s my flying car?” Well, yes, the Terrafugia Transition is here. They’ll cost around $300,000 when they’re in regular production. … Read More »

Bureaucracy and Business Acumen

Americans and Canadians think they have problems with bureaucracy. I agree that bureaucracy can be an evil that prevents business development and stifles entrepreneurial initiative and limits an entire country to being an economic backwater. I’m not talking about an … Read More »

Business Acumen – can it be taught?

Business acumen is “keenness and speed in understanding and deciding on a business situation.” Companies want to develop these traits, especially in their senior managers – but also in the workforce at large. Most companies would like a corporate culture that nurtures … Read More »