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Say Yes To Everything
Being a huge Star Trek fan – (growing up during reruns of the Original Series and the Animated Series, Kirk has always been the best captain – although I do share more…
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Just Start And Keep Going
As of today, I’ve written nearly 500 posts for this blog, recorded approximately 250 podcasts, and recorded over 60 innovation videos (not counting the other 300 plus videos I recorded in my…
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Libra : Facebook Finally Innovates
Libra Rocks the Financial World. If you’ve been under a rock, you might not be aware that Facebook, with several other partners (who include among them, Uber, Lyft, PayPal, Visa, but no…
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Don’t Do Your Best!
Stop Trying to Excel! If you watch anime or read manga, you’ll come across pretty common phrase – when a character is about to complete a task or do something that they…
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Executing The Future Creates It.
Timing Really Is Most Everything I’ve said many times before, being a futurist is like being a meteorologist, you are usually right, but at the wrong time. I think it’s futurist’s bane…
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How Far Down The Road Are You Looking?
Are You Future Focused Enough? As humans, we’ve been biased to go after short term results over long term results ever since we were primitives wandering the savannah. The ability to plan…
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To Innovate, You Must Be Able to Change Your Mind
Altered States Lead to New Creates. In many of the exercises we run, try to alter the typical mindset of the attendees as soon as they arrive at the session. The sooner…
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What Happens When You Succeed?
There are many, many, many stories of failure in the innovation world, the startup world, and the VC world. Interestingly, all three of those worlds treat failure differently: in the innovation world,…
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Innovation Starts With HR
Are You Hiring For Innovation? Do you know which role in your organization is ultimately responsible for innovation? Some people might guess the CTO or the CEO. If you have a dedicated…
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Is The Push For Profitability Erasing True Innovation In Your Organization?
Even though we talk improving profitability, and our customers benefit from the profitable new ideas we help them generate, or generate for them, there are still plenty of innovative ideas which, when…
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