Are There No Worlds Left To Conquer?

Posted by Bikhin7 Friday, November 6, 2009

According to Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, "hardly."

There are still vast new business frontiers left unexplored.
-- thank goodness!

Here are 14 questions that Jim addresses with interviewer Jennifer Robison of GALLUP Management Journal® (GMJ) on the future of corporate leadership.

GMJ: Before you talk about the next generation of leadership, what was the last generation of leadership?

GMJ: How is the business jungle more dangerous? And what should the next generation of leaders know?

GMJ: What do you mean by "states of mind"?

GMJ: Explain what you mean by "mathematically describing states of mind."

GMJ: So why will leaders who can quantify states of mind be the winners in this new world?

GMJ: What's the value of mathematically describing states of mind?

GMJ: Do you need direct access to people to affect states of mind?

GMJ: That's the political angle. What's the business value of quantifying states of mind?

GMJ: Such as workers and customers?

GMJ: Quantifying your customers' states of mind seems difficult and expensive. Isn't it cheaper and easier just to create their state of mind through marketing?

GMJ: That's a lot of complicated things for businesses -- or governments, for that matter -- to measure.

GMJ: When does policy succeed?

GMJ: How, ultimately, will behavioral economics data benefit leaders?

GMJ: Well, yes. What's the meaning of life?

Read -- but get yourself in the right "state of mind" before doing so -- the fascinating discussion here. And while we are on Gallup, you might also explore the Gallup World Poll.

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