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Why we innovate
Innovation isn’t casual. And if being cool is effortless, then innovation isn’t cool. Innovation doesn’t happen without real investment, without real care, without being willing …
Why so serious?
“Urgent deadline!!!!!!!!!” “Serious meeting!!!!!” “We need to talk.” The world is a demanding place when you take yourself seriously. When you hold yourself to high …
It’s not where you live, it’s where you’ve traveled
In 2015, Tom Goodwin wrote a now famous blog post in Techcrunch: “Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most …
Maybe the need is just change
You know the Henry Ford anecdote — that if it were up to the people, they would have asked for faster horses. Sometimes, the most …
The Real Super Power
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting” Fran Lebowitz. There’s silence, and there’s peaceful silence. There’s waiting, and there’s …
Change from within
Seth Godin calls them “Linchpins”. They are irreplaceable. They’re a special breed. They need to have both the initiative and the nous of an entrepreneur, …
The Attention Economy
As a society, our attention span is so limited, we’re lucky if we get a full fifteen minutes. But even if we only get fifteen …
We’re almost there
The future is in our imagination. The mission statement of Najmtek, a hybrid IT company, is to change the way users interact with technology within …
Don’t diss the small stuff
Pamela Warhurst has an excellent TED Talk about how she and her colleagues founded Incredible Edibles, a grassroots organization in small town England that got …
Because it matters
There’s a great line in Charles Schultz’s Peanuts, when Linus says: “there’s no heavier burden than a great potential”. Why is potential a burden? Because it …
The Holy Trinity
If you’re questioning your career choice, there’s a website called: WTFshouldidowithmylife.com. You click through options until something resonates, and then you can read a little …
Making sense of our surroundings
Dave Snowden, Welsh management consultant and knowledge management researcher, understands how we get to understand things. He understands that we can understand cause and effect …
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