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Steal Domino's Idea... PLEASE!
3 weeks ago we had all of our belongings boxed and shipped from Boston to Florida. The movers still haven’t arrived and we don’t know where our items are and we don’t know when they will arrive. I find this...
How to Engineer a Reverse Innovation
When a company investigates a new product opportunity, it is important to define the problem, and the requirements that will dictate a viable solution, independently from the company’s existing lines of similar products...
Q&A With Daniel H. Pink
What prompted you to write To Sell is Human? It was a mix of factors. Perhaps the greatest was just looking at my own calendar and realizing that I was spending much of my day doing things that kinda, sorta looked like...
When is it Time to Hit the Reset Button?
We forget that we are the heroes in our own lives and that we are the main character in our stories. Your name is the one above the title and yet, why is it that so often we act as though we are minor players? We’re...
James Altucher
James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies, including Reset Inc. He has published eleven books, and he is a...
You Just Suck. Admit It.
"So...tell me what you are NOT good at? What do you need to do better?" The trick question in the interview. Does everyone lie? I certainly used to lie when asked that. I said something like, "Well, I'm a perfectionist,...
How to Get Started at Becoming Completely Present
I think that every time we are present in a stressful moment, people respond to us in a different way. They respond to us as someone who is confident and powerful.  Our behaviour is reinforced within the self – so we...
Bryan de Lottinville
Bryan has an indelible passion for grassroots philanthropy and constructive disruption. Â A "recovering lawyer," he is constantly dreaming of novel ways to help clients reinvent corporate giving programs to...
Culture Still Eats Strategy for Breakfast: And It's Not as Hard to Shape as You Think
An oft-quoted statement from acclaimed management consultant Peter Drucker asserts that "culture eats strategy for breakfast." Yet even today, many companies pay more attention to their strategies than their underlying...
Why Creative Data Interpretation is Worthwhile
Well if I were you I would probably consider doing a combination of big data and what I call small data. Really big data is, of course, an accumulation of an enormous amount of data out there. Now here’s the issue, most...
I Came *This Close* to Giving Up… Here’s Why I Didn’t
I had a new book come out on February 29th. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More and Change the Way You Lead Forever is elegant, compact and is already getting lots of nice reviews on Amazon and elsewhere. I'm really...
Three Deadly Digital Marketing & Analytics Myths, De-Mythified
Nothing worth doing is without a collection of awesome myths. The original intent is lovely. “Steer folks towards the right thing faster.†“Reduce the time to market.†“Here’s something that works, come follow me!†The...
Can Changing my Habits Make Me a Better Leader?
One of the most important things that I’ve realized about habits is that so often people are looking for that magical one-size-fits-all solution – “if I could only figure out the right way to change habits†or “the...
To Fee or Not To Fee. That is the Question
Should you ever give away your services (or products) for free? This has been an on-going discussion in the speaking community. And recently I found that the same debate is taking place in the magic community. There are...
Saying No by Saying Yes: Advice for Work-Life Balance
One of the most challenging interviews for me to ever get I actually lost in the same day, because of this thing that is commonly referred to as “work-life balanceâ€â€¦ I had really wanted to interview Michael Jackson back...
What is the Difference Between Leadership and Management?
I think generally people in kind of management science, they call them leadership thinkers, are moving away from the idea of management because it sort of turns the people into subjects or even objects, as opposed to...
Can Your Brand Survive The Live Video Revolution?
How good can your business be at “live� If social media accomplished anything, it brought brands out into the open. It forced brands to respond - in public - to their consumers. Not just the bad stuff… everything. It...
Conference Summary - The Art of Leadership - Chicago 2019
On Monday, June 24th, 2019, 1,000+ leaders from across the United States gathered in Chicago to be a part of The Art of Leadership. This year's lineup included Jocko Willink, Dr. Tasha Eurich, Sir Ken Robinson, Dr....
Do We Need a Different Approach to Developing Female Leaders?
Many people think so. Several organizations are leading the way for female development programs because of a perceived need to bring women along a different path than men when it comes to fostering leadership. Programs...