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The Pros And Cons Of Resilience
If the Coronavirus has taught us anything, it’s that life IS change. If that’s true, how does planning work if you could be deeply affected by the next Black Swan? I firmly…
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why you shouldn’t suppress yourself
My wife and I sometimes watch sub-titled Japanese dramas. In essence, they are interestingly different from American fare, help me with my Japanese (hope to visit Tokyo sometime next year), and sometimes…
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Say Yes To Everything
Being a huge Star Trek fan – (growing up during reruns of the Original Series and the Animated Series, Kirk has always been the best captain – although I do share more…
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Innovation Starts With HR
Are You Hiring For Innovation? Do you know which role in your organization is ultimately responsible for innovation? Some people might guess the CTO or the CEO. If you have a dedicated…
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Is The Push For Profitability Erasing True Innovation In Your Organization?
Even though we talk improving profitability, and our customers benefit from the profitable new ideas we help them generate, or generate for them, there are still plenty of innovative ideas which, when…
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To Innovate, Observe The Tripwires, Then Trip Them On Purpose.
Everyone who’s worked in teams and enterprises for any length of time knows that there are tripwires everywhere that people take great pains not to trip. They know that if they do…
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Expose Yourself To New Everything And You Generate Real Innovation
To innovate – you must absorb many different sources of information – especially in the areas not in which you are trying to innovate in; let those percolate in your brain, then…
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Are You Silencing Your Radicals?
In every company, there are troublemakers. These are the radicals, those who don’t toe the party line, they use different processes, they don’t go through channels, they might say or do things…
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Indifference Is The Enemy Of Innovation.
It’s Time To “Make Rejection Great Again” What is worse? Being rejected or being ignored? While the pain from rejection can be severe, the closure that one gets from the rejection can…
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Walking Innovation.
Are You Walking the Walk? What do exercise and eating better have to do with innovation? All three are talked about extensively and effusively, and the follow through on all three is…
