Beware the Innovation Killers

"All too often the act of the innovator, that stroke of genius,…
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Bring back quiet time and your ideas will benefit

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with…
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Conversations with Leaders Down Under

We recently had the honor to learn from some of Australia's leading…
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The Next Level - Become a Change Artist

My last post argued for recognizing and adopting the innovative…
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Learn from Positive Deviants

On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, at age…
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Let New Ideas Past the Watchman

Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Issac Newton, Albert Einstein…
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What We Think Reinforces What We Think

Everyone has an internal running dialogue in their head - that…
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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why

"Play that is directed by the child, not the parent, is the…
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Five Expectations of Great Managers

"The culture defines the outcome." - Eric Schmidt, CEO GoogleI…
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Make your work your play and never work again

When you do what you love, you never work again.  - Confucius Mihály…
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Peripheral vision

The world is changing so rapidly these days that we are constantly…
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To Bring Change Build Emotional Connection

Justin Menkes told me this story about Andrea Jung in one of…
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Opening Possibilities

Don’t be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do…
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Bring on Type-Ts

Type-T is a phrase coined by Frank Farley, University of Wisconsin,…
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EchoLeaders: How Our Intention is Echoed Back to Us

I had a conversation the other day with David Penglase, a fantastic…
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The Red Velvet Rope Policy - Choose your Customers, Find your Vision

When your by-product becomes your product we have lost our vision.…
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Smile and the world smiles with you

We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an…
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Find your wings, then set out with courage

Courage is nothing more than your faith reaching THROUGH your…
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Leading Global Innovation and New Market Opportunity

So much has been written about Leadership.  We try to find…
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A rising optimism lifts all ideas

Ideas are abundant, but evidently sharing those ideas is pretty…
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