Our name, Groupaya, is a combination of “group” and “upaya.” Upaya is a Sanskrit term from Mahāyāna Buddhism that roughly translates to “skillful means.” It’s a concept that captures the journey and practice that leads to a higher goal. It’s a name that resonates strongly with what we’re about: working intentionally and skillfully in groups to create a world that is more alive. As is evident from our name, all of us have been influenced by Buddhist principles to varying degrees. I […]
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Gut Check on Working Strategically
About a year ago, Stanford Business School professor Bob Sutton, blogged one of my favorite rants. He wrote: Big hairy goals don’t mean much without thousands of small wins. My colleague Jeff Pfeffer and I have argued for years that implementation, not strategy, is what usually separates winners from losers in most industries, and generally explains the difference between success and failure in most organizational change efforts, sales campaigns and so on. Atul Gawande drives this point home even further in his remarkable book on […]