We Have The Power
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing We have the power. I learned that message this weekend at a wonderful marketing event called Power Boost Live. It was two days of amazing...
Do You Believe In Your Ability To Fly?
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date. ~Roger von Oech I read earlier today that change is like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let...
You Cannot Produce Innovation in Isolation
It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.— Roger von Oech Story by definition is a two-way communication medium. It requires the teller and the listener. It...
Rebuild And Reclaim A Newer Version Of Your Dream
Without deviation, progress is not possible. - Frank Zappa My last blog post I talked about admitting when things suck and that this VERSION of your dream may not be working. I am not talking about the I am having a bad day.... There are some gin and tonics and a...
Admitting When It Sucks
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Michael Jordan Starting, maintaining, sustaining, creating, working within an organization can be hard. REALLY HARD. Bone weary, I...
Larger Ideas
Sometimes our ideas seem to be too much. You know what I mean, they seem to be so big, so grand-- so visionary that others think they are just plain crazy. I want you to have those type of ideas. The...
It Will Not Always Be Easy
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm. ~ Cicely Tyson Some days are just hard. There are cycles in organizations like life that are just difficult. ...
Wednesday Wisdom- A New Chapter
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.~T.S. Eliot The top member of your organization is leaving. The process of change has begun. One phase in your organizational history is closing....
Wednesday Wisdom- Creating Culture
Start as you mean to go on. One of the key factors is to define the culture you want to create from the beginning, and integrate it into how you hire people, how you treat employees, the type of customer service you provide, and the general environment of your...