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Innovation…

Isn’t an age thing…its a mindset. So when you hear someone tell you that all the great innovations come because of youth and young leaders, you know that they are spewing something that they have no idea about. Innovation is a mindset that can easily be used by a young person or old person.

One Idea A Day

That’s what the premise of this blog is… And, if you are vigilant in your business reading and thinking, if you come up with one new idea each day to advance your business, you can make a tremendous improvement in a short period of time.

Crafting

We often think of craft as something that only artisans do. It isn’t something that is usually added to the business person’s profile, but aren’t we all craftsmen? If we are craftsmen, doesn’t that make us more responsible to our work? What do you think?

You Are Not Stupid

I was reading this blog post about strategies for finding a new job and one thing that struck me as very interesting and very pertinent was this: be known for your ideas. What I took away from that thought is that its okay to be wrong. You won’t be considered stupid. But you are stupid […]

Mistakes

Mistakes are the cost of learning. Mistakes are a necessary evil. Mistakes are opportunities to learn how not to do something. Mistakes are chances to better hone your ideas. Mistakes are your friend.

A Simple Reminder

I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs. And, in the book Isaacson hits on something I’ve been pushing out there forever and I thought now was as good of a time as any to remind you: Ideas are great, but execution is where its at. Now get to it.

No one has the market cornered on good ideas…

One challenge for many leaders in every industry is having the confidence in their skills and expertise that they are willing to look outside of their core group or their industry for ideas on how to tackle situations that they may not have all the answers for, or just to continue to push growth in […]