Oh, The Joys of Screwing Up
Innovation poses two problems for most leaders, given the way they are trained to think. First, its value diminishes over […]
University of Michigan
Creativity, Flexibility, Growth
From Theory to Practice
Enlightenment may be in some degree an article of faith but in substance it is an act of investigation and demonstration.
Creativity, Flexibility, Growth, Innovation
Take Multiple Shots on Goal
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.” ( Edward Gibbon) Retired center Wayne Gretzky is
Flexibility, Growth, Personal Innovation
Getting Better Every Day in Every Way
Nineteenth Century French psychologist turned célébrité Émile Coué famously recommended that repeatedly chanting “Every day, in every way, I’m getting
Generational Differences, Leadership
Apprentice the Sorcerer
“But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the
Growth, Personal Innovation
Go Double Dutch
We see him emblazoned like a superhero on the glossy covers of popular business comic books. The Homeric photo tells
Creativity, Flexibility, Innovation
Hide Inside Trojan Horses
“It’s better to get something worthwhile done using deception than to fail to get something worthwhile done using truth.” (Carlos
Failure, Flexibility, Growth, Innovation
Break Down the Game Film
American football is a game of strategy and confidence tricks that would make a flimflam man rosy. Commanders, sandbaggers and
Financial Success, Flexibility, Growth, Innovation
Forget 80/20; Use the 20/80 Rule Instead
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.” (Albert Camus) We long to be immortal –
Culture, Growth, Personal Innovation
Viva la Revolucion
French Enlightenment philosopher and impecunious renegade Jean-Jacques Rousseau emblematic bon mot “Man was born free, and he is everywhere in