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Not changing when it is required is still voting to change…

October 17, 2017
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I read this post from Dave Trott this morning about people’s reaction to having to vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election here in the United States. The big line was that people didn’t seem to realize that not voting was still a vote. It was a vote for […]

October 3, 2017
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Business models are shifting faster than ever. That’s just a simple fact. The challenge for most of our businesses isn’t change. Change is simple, it is constant. Pat Riley said something to the effect of, “Change is the only thing in life that is certain and when you see change coming, you must embrace […]

Friend or Foe?

If you are like me, you don’t always take the moment to realize how much of a positive impact some of the changes we have encountered have had on us… Here’s one that has ultimately changed everything about how we live our life… Globalization. In most instances, globalization is considered a negative thing…and one thing […]

Impact? Why? How?

The other day I wrote about organizing principles and how you need vision to deliver you forward. As you look at your guiding principles, its good to rank them in accordance to the value that you feel they deliver to you and your clients. In my example, I would say that reinvention is the most powerful […]

Transformation and Change

I had a conversation earlier this week with someone I respect a great deal…and I realized that I may end up so focused on what I am trying to do for my client’s that I forget what the driving motivation for me is. And, I have the feeling that you may fall into the same […]

Happy Birthday Steve Jobs

Wherever you are! Its important to remember on the day that Steve would have turned 60 that his most important idea wasn’t the iPad or iPhone or anything else… His most important idea for all of us was to keep pushing and not be afraid of change.

Are you a change agent?

An old Peter Drucker question was something like “Is your organization a change agent?" If he were still alive today, I think he would probably change that question to "Are you a change agent?” More and more, as we have the means of production between our ears and on laptops and mobile devices, we don’t […]