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Are you brave enough to let go?
I notice a lot of people people my age (middle age) having to start again, and often it isn’t because they wanted to. The man …
The life of your mind
That was the thing. I was living in a big city, having a pretty good time of it (and least it looked that way, from …
Be nimble, be smart, be agile
Sure, we could be talking about Agile software here as well, but I was thinking more of business agility in general? What is agility? I’d …
How to use positive visualization for greater good
Think about a major career goal you have. Not any old goal, but something you’ve been working on for years. A world-changing leviathan of a …
Why you should create your own genius network
Adam Smith wrote about it in 1776 in The Wealth Of Nations – We are frail, limited creatures, we can only do so much on our …
Why You Must Connect
The great British writer, E.M. Forster had this advice for aspiring writers: “Only Connect!” It’s damn good advice for non-writers, as well. Our brains, a vast network …
Why Your Job is to Align and Simplify
Align and Simplify. Where are you going? Not for dinner…I mean, what’s your big picture? Is everyone on board? No matter what you think, …
Why change management is emotional
Most leaders expect results to improve strictly through data, ignoring how people feel. The truth is that without altering the emotional landscape of an organization, it is really …
What Comes Next?
We live in an the era of “The Four”– the four great companies that dominate the first iteration of the World Wide Web: Google (search), Amazon …
What are you thankful for?
If you’re lucky, eventually you get to the point when your realize that, while you were here you had an amazing time of things. What …
How to grab your window of opportunity
Van Gough made some breakthrough paintings for about 5-10 years, before his life ended. Warhol was making some pretty radical art for about six or …
The social construction of reality
It really doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that. Companies, businesses and organizations, they’re human constructs, glued together by mutual agreements, mutual agendas, …
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