Everyone was being so agreeable. The CEO nodded, the VPs agreed, the Directors were polished in their reviews. All the content was “good,” the timelines “reasonable,” the budgets “sufficient.” We ...
A new study reveals that young entrepreneurs are driven by rule-breaking, thinking outside the box, and friendship.
Leaders get (all) the innovation they deserve When the Disney CEO was asked to choose one winner from twelve finalists in an internal competition for new business ideas he responded: “Let’s just do...
Why OUTLIERS Matter a lot, and Innovations needs to happen through experimentation... Imagine that 100 of us have gathered together in a room somewhere. It’s a social event, but I want you to think about a couple of numbers.
Throughout my career, my favorite saying has always been: Someday, a company is going to come along and put us out of business. It might as well be us.
Who will thrive in the new economy? Why doesn't brainstorming really work? How come our devices make us feel so empty inside? Your monthly 99% need-to-know...
See 12: All truth passes through three stages: In the first stage it’s ridiculed, in the second it’s violently opposed, and in the third stage it’s accepted as self-evident. (A quote from German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
In 1998, I sold part of my company (which I had founded in 1986, when I was 13) to the Finnish IT services firm Tieto. Two years later we made it a full merger, and I joined the Tieto management team.
I spent last weekend in the wonderful city of Lisbon, under a blue sky, lots of sunshine and an pleasant spring-like 18°C! The atmosphere in the city is super-relaxed, the best description I heard...
I want to start by telling you a simple story, a story of corporate America gone wrong.
A few years ago, I had a big snowcrash moment about the power of networks and the web, envisioning the amazing potential that could be unleashed if we could just build our networks and weave them a...
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GE research finds that more creative people is the biggest factor in spurring innovation. Most people are creative. But most corporate cultures are not. Some ideas for making your organization a more welcoming, creative place to work.
There's not a much better feeling than being terrified of something, doing it anyways and coming out on the other side better and stronger and more confident than you were before. So if you're scared to death - congratulations.
Are you brave, valiant, valorous, audacious, and swashbuckling? Or are you timorous, trepid, faint-hearted, and pusillanimous?
We demand freedom, we do work that is rewarding, we make stuff often, and we fail often. We are the Free Radicals, a new kind of 21st-century professional.
Aspects of creative thinking that are not usually taught. By Michael Michalko...
When a leader's status feels threatened, he or she cannot logically evaluate ideas, plans or people. People bringing innovative ideas to the table often get labeled as troublemakers. Who should change?
We have a greater capacity to change the world today than the kings and presidents of just 50 years ago.
Differentiate yourself now, because we're in a "forever recession."...
Excellence Now, by Tom Peters...
The future of business is pure chaos. Here’s how you can survive--and perhaps even thrive.
Linda Bernardi, author of ‘Provoke: Why the Global Culture of Disruption is the Only Hope for Innovation’, is undoubtably one the most personable provocateurs I've ever had the pleasure of sp...
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