Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

May 4, 2012

On Leadership and the Balance between the External Push and Internal Pull

Leaders must achieve a peculiar balance in the way they manage their team. On the one hand, they must motivate/drive them to achieve an objective – […]
May 2, 2012

On Seeing Inwardly in Order to See Outwardly

All my life I spent these morning sessions achieving clarity. I will not operate when I cannot see any more. I don’t have to see with […]
May 1, 2012

On Distilling Data to Its Predictive Power

Customer research can yield an intimidating mound of data, more than we can truly assimilate. We need a way to discipline the process. The key element […]
April 12, 2012

On Using an Organization to get “People Done” rather than to get “Work Done”

Elsewhere I’ve written, “Every leader should be a manager, and every manager should be a leader.” Sometimes, however, you can draw a distinction (at least as […]
April 10, 2012

On the Artificial Distinction between “Men of Action” and “Men of Reflection”

There is a popular, if artificial distinction between “men of action” and “men of reflection”. But if one accepts the two terms as a matter of […]
April 6, 2012

On Simplifying the Work of Marketing with Four Key Elements

In marketing there are only four components: the marketer, the market, the message, and the means. I arrived at the four years ago in my own […]
April 5, 2012

On the Painful Paradox of Pragmatic Creativity

The beautiful thoughts come when you feel your way along; the organizing thoughts come when you think your way along. Pragmatic creativity is a painful paradox.