November 20, 2006 Speedlinking

• Do you give your employees answers, or do you lead them to the answer through questions? Rick Garlikov demonstrates the power of the Socratic Method by teaching third grade students binary arithmetic.
• Roger von Oech asks you to remember to Think Like a Kid when approaching your problem. One question that I would add to his list is the simple “Why?”
• Paul Kedrosk has Yahoo’s “Peanut Butter” Memo in it’s entirety if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s a great insight into how an innovative company can become mired by silos, duplicate work, and managing instead of leadership.
• Lifehack breaks down what they believe it takes to become a great leader. It’s a great list of simple, key points that all leaders should be using.
• CNN tells the story of Sergio Zyman, the man behind “New Coke.” Can you have innovation and at the same time punish failure? Are you punishing failure?