* Fret less about the bottom line

* Work like Walton

* Rip up the rulebook

* Aim to adapt

* Stop trying

* Muddle through

Focus obsessively on profit and you may dent it or worse. “The most profit-oriented businesses ever are probably Bear Stearns and Lehman and Enron. And where are they now?” asked the eclectic British economist John Kay in a recent Guardian podcast bouncing off his new book, Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly. (more…)