Ellen Weber has an excellent post today on Brain Based Business. As insightful as her post is the first comment by Ed Brenegar, is brilliant! “I find this true in my work with clients that the circle of relationships that they value is quite small and narrow. They are looking for affirmation. The problem is… Read More
Are you someone that can’t stand to see something fail? Are you too busy? Do you work excessive hours trying to catch up on things? Maybe you’re overcompensating. In the last few years it seems like almost everyone I know has shared tales of crazy hours and being stretched too thin at work. I’ve been… Read More
No one ever pitches their new product idea by saying “this is going to take time, hard work, and a willingness to adjust our plan as we experiment and learn more about this market”. It’s just not sexy! Today on Seth Godin’s blog, he advocates the pursuit of overnight failures! He says that: “The challenge… Read More
Well this is it! We’re on the last Concept Age sense from Dan Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind – Meaning. Meaning is purpose. It’s spirituality. As Dan writes, referring to a study done by the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, “Most of the executives defined spirituality in much the same way… Read More
Heath Row posted a great idea on the Fast Company blog yesterday. He was looking at Getty Images and highlighted their -”10 Ways — how 10 different approaches to photography can change how you look at images”. He suggested that we review these 10 ways and try to see how they might apply to what… Read More
In several discussions recently I’ve noticed that there is rarely a distinction made between tactical and strategic change management. Tactical change management addresses the execution and coordination of changes to a project’s baseline scope, timeline, or budget. It is procedural, single-minded, and logical. Strategic change management is intended to increase an organization’s preparedness for change.… Read More
In this continuing series on Dan Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind, we’ve been reviewing what Dan refers to as the six senses of the Concept Age. To date, we’ve covered Story, Design, Empathy, and Play. The last two senses are Symphony and Meaning. Dan characterizes symphony as the ability to see relationships between… Read More
The other day BrainBasedBusiness author Ellen Weber brought up a great topic in her post “Is Knowledge Power at Your Workplace”. “I am often surprised”, she said, “at how facts are used merely to support old ideas we held”. No wonder most organizations have difficulty innovating! Innovation requires learning. Learning requires you to suspend your… Read More