schumpeter, the look of a leader

typical ceo is

at least 6 feet tall

deep voice

good posture

touch of grey hair (not bald)

fit for his age

negatives:

overweight

uptalk

power poses

amy cuddy ted talk

executive presence

sylvia anne hewlett

lower register of your voice

eliminate uptalk

eye contact during presentation

work out regularly

oscar wilde: only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

schumpeter: decluttering the company

for a person or a company

a manager's job is to facilitate 

yet most managers do the exact opposite 

decluttering the company 

relentless fight against bureaucracy

bulging inbox

endless meetings

long list of objectives

forms of clutter: 

1. organizational complexity

2. meetings

3. emails

clutter hurts morale and productivity

most valuable company resource = time of employees

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21610237-businesses-must-fight-relentless-battle-against-bureaucracy-decluttering-company

billion dollar lessons (kindle)

currently reading billion dollar lessons

story about failed mergers and acquisitions

so far, the book is disappointing
topic is interesting but the writing is dry and repetitive

sounds like 2 management consultants writing a book

interesting case studies:
kodak ignores digital cameras from 1981 until it died