THE NATURALS
Some executives’ temperaments and skills make them more suited for and comfortable with balcony work. Their consciousness is constantly bombarded by these kinds of questions and dialogues, whether they are commuting, sitting in staff meetings, watching the news, talking with neighbors, or taking a shower.
They tend to see the big picture and not get absorbed in details, to be intuitive and futuristic rather than concrete and tied to traditions, and to gravitate toward the cutting edge rather than the tried-and-true.
For executives who take to the balcony perspective by nature, the challenge is a bit different. They need to be certain to formalize their balcony work, practice it, record it, and impart it to others. They also need ...
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