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The Keepers Of The Old Guard
It’s quite easy, telling people what to do. What’s hard to do is all the complicated stuff. The grinding. The innovation work. Selling. Developing. Connecting …
Why People Are Unhappy
“What matters” is a strictly personal decision. Only you know. But, as we grow older, it becomes apparent that choices matter and not spending your time …
Making your company formidable.
It’s an obvious enough idea: That a company is much more than a bunch of people making and selling products, that there’s a whole OCEAN …
Learn How Amazing Storytelling Can Elevate Your Content Marketing & download the Eboo …
Our new eBook collaboration with LinkedIn & Brian Solis has just been released! Storytelling has always been a fundamental component of content marketing. One might argue that it’s the fundamental …
Think like a beginner.
The famous Zen master, Suzuki talked about “Beginner’s Mind”. “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” The …
There’s more to life than making money.
Business is by definition, transactional. After all, things are bought and sold, services are rendered, and value received. The issue is that you don’t want …
Signed, sealed, delivered
This is one of a set of thank-you cards we designed for 3000 managers at VMware; the Dell-owned, cloud computing and platform virtualization software business, to help recognize jobs well …
Fame, at what cost?
What do you have to give up to get noticed? In our pop star-obsessed culture, people give away a lot to get noticed. Their privacy, …
You gotta have faith
There’s a lot of appeal in the “Forrest Gump” school of achieving greatness… the idea of the “gee-shucks” everyman stumbling upon greatness, almost by accident. …
Did you see it coming?
Why did Blockbuster not see Netflix coming? Why did IBM not see the PC coming? Why did McDonald’s miss the boat on “fast casual”? Why …
The number one secret to great leadership
If you want to be a transformational leader it’s time to get emotional. End of story. People are comfortable with facts and data in business, …
What Inspires You?
The smart money doesn’t just turn up for a paycheck. The smart money turns up to set the world on fire. The smart boss knows …
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