Keeping It Beautiful
A number of years ago my Dad found himself in a conversation at a family event with a distant relative he had never met. The man he was speaking with… Continue Reading...
In Praise of Influential Leadership
Power.
A word that in the employment world of past decades often meant the ability to dictate. To decide. It was wielded in a business world that was hierarchical. Slow.… Continue Reading...
Working the Whiteboard: A Common Trap
I want to tell you a story.
Several years ago I worked for a software company, and our company signed a major partnership with another software company. Both of our… Continue Reading...
Grow Your Response Ability
For those of you who have read The Seven Habits for Highly Effective People, the graphic here will be familiar. To those of you who haven’t, I can’t recommend… Continue Reading...
Simplicity
I want to share a quote that stopped me in my tracks recently.
I was reading this terrific article in National Geographic called “Secrets of the Brain“. It… Continue Reading...
Innovation Jujitsu
I am coming off of a whirlwind tour of payment related conferences, and am once again struck by the observation that innovators, when faced with the immense inertia of the… Continue Reading...
