Instant MBA 100: 14

Instant MBA 1-10, Redux: here.

Instant MBA 11 (the detail here): SuperModels. A model summarises all the necessary great thinking you need into one simple process. A model can act as a catalyst to your business thinking.

Instant MBA 12 (the detail here): Thought Leader Tom Peters and the concept of 'Brand You'.

Instant MBA 13 (the detail here) Vision, Mission and All That Stuff. The usefulness of say a mission statement; it's something which when read reminds us (and the customer) what we are about. 

Instant MBA 14: Human Resources and The Business of Motivation. Hygiene factors are things which when missing, de-motivate e.g. decent rest/wash rooms but in themselves do not necessarily motivate. Maslow was pretty adept at giving us some top tips in what does actually motivate. When all the fundamentals are sorted we'd all like to feel we have a place on the planet, that our potential is being used and that we are 'self-actualised'. But in tough times we search for security...

Resources

Great business bloggers such as Michael Wade and Tanmay Vora.

Instant MBA, the book

Brilliant at the Basics of Business 100, the book