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Allan Kennedy


Recent Articles about Allan Kennedy

Book Value

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Aug 1, 2000

Reviews of four business books -- two wildly different takes on the state of shareholder value, one about why consumers rule now more than ever, and one on h...  Read more

The Culture Wars

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1999

When it comes to corporate culture, Allan Kennedy wrote the book. An interview with the co-author of the widely misunderstood "Corporate Cultures: The Rites ...  Read more

That's Easy For You To Say

By Lucien Rhodes |  Jun 1, 1986

An obsession with "corporate culture" can be worse than no culture at all. Just ask the man who wrote the book on the subject.  Read more

Easy To Say, Harder To Do

By John R. Dunnigan |  Aug 1, 1986

Allan Kennedy's difficulty in putting theory into practice ("That's Easy for You to Say," June) is like many other management problems. Managers take an i...  Read more

Culture Traps

By Duncan B. Sutherland Jr. |  Oct 1, 1986

Allan Kennedy's candor in discussing the birth pains of Selkirk is to be applauded. Seldom do we get to hear from the horse's mouth the dark side of what...  Read more

Culture Traps

By J. Steven Picou |  Oct 1, 1986

Allan Kennedy may have written the book on corporate cultures, but his naive attempt to create one reflects the spate of faddish misinformation sold to Am...  Read more

The Coming Of The Electronic Rolodex

Jun 1, 1985

It doesn't take an affinity group to awaken most managers to the value of personal contacts. Who hasn't closed a deal -- from one end or the other -- tha...  Read more

Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom

By Eugene Linden |  Apr 1, 1984

Some of America's biggest corporations are discovering that their future may depend on thinking small.  Read more

Your World Will Never Be The Same

By writing assistance was provided by Donna Sammons Carpenter |  Apr 1, 1984

Ultimately what the man had to say as provocative as it was, may have been less telling than what he had actually done. For three hours Allan Kenn...  Read more

Rituals And Stories, Heroes And Priests

By Robert C. Wood |  Dec 1, 1982

Two authors argue that companies function best only when their basic principles create a unifying corporate culture for their employees.  Read more

Every Employee An Entrepreneur

Apr 1, 1984

It seems an unusual soruce for the most provocative information about small and medium-size companies to emerge in the 1980s: McKinsey & Co., one of t...  Read more

The Sequel Syndrome

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Jul 1, 1999

Reviews of seven business books. Includes follow-ups to three wildly successful best-sellers; two books about appealing to customers' dreams; and two classic...  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 1996

A guide to more information discussed in articles appearing in the November issue of Inc. magazine.  Read more

The Appeasement Trap

By Christopher Caggiano |  Sep 1, 2000

Employees these days often ask for the world. But should you give it to them?  Read more

Values Added

Jan 1, 1986

Do you have to be bad to be good at business? Why are American managers so afraid of ethics? James O'Toole, author of Vanguard Management, champions values a...  Read more

Search: December 2002

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 2002

Any book calling itself Business: The Ultimate Resource has a lot to live up to.  Read more

Culture Shock

By Susan Benner |  Aug 1, 1985

Sequent's founders thought that a strong corporate culture would be the key to success. They didn't have to wait long to see if they were right.  Read more

Coming Of Age

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1989

Entrepreneurs and business experts discuss how the 80s changed the way they think about business.  Read more

The Spirit Of Independence;

By Curtis Hartman |  Jul 1, 1985

"We have lived through the age of big industry and the age of the giant corporation. But I believe that this is the age of the entrepreneur." -- Ronald Reagan  Read more

The Road Not Taken

By Bronwyn Fryer |  Jun 1, 1999

Traveling CEOs often lose touch with their employees and company cultures. Here's how too much travel can hurt your business, particularly during its formati...  Read more

Corporate Culture

By John Case |  Nov 1, 1996

Here's why both your customers and employees will remain loyal if your company's culture is right.  Read more

Doubting Thomas

By Tom Peters |  Apr 1, 1989

Tom Peters discusses his experiences in the world of business and the nature of entrepreneurship.  Read more

Workstyle

By Gene Stone and Bo Burlingham |  Jan 1, 1986

A growing number of business owners are adopting a whole new approach to managing their people.  Read more

The Soloist

By Harriet Rubin |  Nov 1, 1998

In the August 1998 issue of Inc. , Rubin began chronicling her career as a solo act. In this excerpt from her diary, she searches for her own identit...  Read more