So many workshops and articles on innovation and creativity fail to get across the simplest idea of how it works. A challenge in cooking may seem a silly topic, but it is instructive. Cooks often need egg yolks and egg whites separated and separated in a hurry. Too often, the manual approach results in yolk […]
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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If you have ever been frustrated trying to hire a star to your team, read this and take the lesson home. DM owns several businesses. He has for years played may unofficial roles beside owner from CEO to COO to chief problem-solver to chief cheerleader strategist. Playing so many roles takes its toll, most powerfully […]
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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A recent NRDC environmental report pleaded with urban dwellers to use more durable umbrellas. Apparently, thousands of umbrellas break and are discarded each and every time it rains in major cities and these end up in landfills. Catherine Charlot’s innovative initiative in capitalizing (literally) on this profit pool (pun intended) was the subject of Alisa […]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Leadership in Difficult Times: A New View of ROI This is the text from which an interview was conducted today on Jim Blasingame’s treasure of a radio show: Small Business Advocate. It will be posted soon on this website and on Forbes.com. We are experiencing a selective recovery. Those who successfully battened down the hatches […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Comments Off on To the Boss: Go Suck an Egg (an example of innovation and creativity)