Comments on: Thinking about managing IT http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/ a blog about information Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 8: Musing about | confused of calcutta http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-188963 Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 8: Musing about | confused of calcutta Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:15:03 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/#comment-188963 [...] learning takes place. In an environment where learning can take place, with leadership based on  Max Du Pree principles. Is that all we need to make the enterprise truly [...] [...] learning takes place. In an environment where learning can take place, with leadership based on  Max Du Pree principles. Is that all we need to make the enterprise truly [...]

]]> By: The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Venture Capital and servant leadership http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-11838 The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Venture Capital and servant leadership Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:22:03 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/#comment-11838 [...] Nicely put, I thought.  And the founders and management part chimes well with the ideas of servant leadership that I gleaned from JP Rangaswami’s Confused of Calcutta blog.  A little while ago, in a post about managing in IT he summarised Max DuPree’s Leadership is an Art with the following three points. [...] [...] Nicely put, I thought.  And the founders and management part chimes well with the ideas of servant leadership that I gleaned from JP Rangaswami’s Confused of Calcutta blog.  A little while ago, in a post about managing in IT he summarised Max DuPree’s Leadership is an Art with the following three points. [...]

]]> By: Dominic Sayers http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Dominic Sayers Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:06:41 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/08/11/thinking-about-managing-it/#comment-5042 I found <a href="http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&isbn=0340270861&x=0&sortby=3" rel="nofollow">The Art Of Captaincy</a> by Mike Brearley very useful when I first became a manager. His philosophy is quite similar to your portrayal of DuPree; a slightly Buddhist and non-confrontational strategy of management, relying on alignment of goals rather than pushing too hard. It's been a while since I read it - thanks for making me think of it again. I'll dig it out and blow the dust off. I found The Art Of Captaincy by Mike Brearley very useful when I first became a manager. His philosophy is quite similar to your portrayal of DuPree; a slightly Buddhist and non-confrontational strategy of management, relying on alignment of goals rather than pushing too hard.

It’s been a while since I read it – thanks for making me think of it again. I’ll dig it out and blow the dust off.

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