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Why Storytelling Is Important
Not all human cultures are literate, but every culture tells stories. Whether in caves or cities, storytelling remains the most natural and essential form of communication. We often forget that stories can…
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Innovation Is A Feature Not A Product
I’ve been going about all this all wrong. I’ve thought for the longest time that innovation is something you can sell – a product that you can package and apply – something…
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The Dangerous And Radical And Disruptive Are Squashed
You are an innovator – and you are proud to be an innovator. You pride yourself on listening to your customer’s desires and building products which do just that. The only problem…
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why do i do this?
Once upon a time, a corporate innovator was having trouble bringing innovation into their organization. No matter how hard they tried to guide the culture of the organization to be more innovative…
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Why Your People Need Slack
Have you ever sat back and realized that all you do is work? Work work work. We literally have no free time to do anything but our core jobs. Especially in these…
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Is Your Brain Afraid To Accept Reality Today?
I love science fiction – it’s amazing how prescient some authors actually are – I just completed reading a short story written in 1970 about a future society where the physical presence…
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creating new knowledge eyes a better future
Most of what you are reading on the internet, day in, day out, is a regurgitation of the past. There is “nothing new under the sun.” Many content creators – no matter…
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is it still easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?
There’s that famous saying again – when you are trying to start a new process, create a new product or service and are unsure of the reaction to that process, product or…
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run from disruption: pivot quickly or face the music
Do you remember the time BC (Before COVID)? Everything was awesome, right? The market was going great – you are selling well – your revenues were rocking and your profits were high.…
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What Do You Know?
Try this exercise. First, draw a circle. Imagine that this circle is all human knowledge. Now, add a wedge to represent what you know. Most people add a visible wedge. I usually…
