Your 4+2 Formula

Last week I wrote two posts discussing the concepts of Nitin Nohria’s 4+2 Formula for Success in music/entertainment industry terms. In the first post, I discussed the 4 Career Foundations that they found at work in every success they studied: strategy, work,...

Career Foundation Additions

Earlier this week I gave you a musician’s version of the 4 basics of business from Nitin Nohria’s theory called the 4+2 Formula for Success.  Today I’m covering the “+2” portion by discussing 4 more practices common to successful...

Career Foundations

I cleaned out a bunch of old files yesterday and came across an interview with Nitin Nohria, who has since become the Dean of Harvard Business School. The interview was because of extensive research into successful companies and a theory called the 4+2 Formula for...

Skill and Meaning

Check out this powerful collection of quotes from Will Smith and pay particular attention to his thoughts on skill (vs. talent) and having meaning for your life. I call that having a goal bigger than yourself. Will Smith Success...

Where Are We Going?

I hope you know we’re just getting started. I hope you know that the internet is in it’s infancy, that there will be many changes coming in the ongoing radical transformation of the music business. Which leads me to ask: where are we going? The Trends...