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Why a Culture of Innovation is the Only Path to Sustainable Growth and Success

You’ve fine-tuned your processes, extracted every drop of cost from the system, and are meeting basic customer needs. In the ...

The 14 Rules of History-Making Teams

It’s often been said that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The notion is that the belief system – or core ...

Lady Gaga’s First Song; Picasso’s First Painting

At the age of four, Lady Gaga wasn’t bringing down the house for 30,000 roaring fans. In fact, Stefani Germanotta ...

Skip the Resolution; Go With a New Year’s Theme instead

The last week of December marks the creation of uncountable New Year’s resolutions. By the end of next month, however, ...

The Tyranny of Good Enough

Your chicken salad sandwich wasn’t bad, really. It was ‘good enough.’ The service wasn’t speedy, but also wasn’t horribly slow. ...

The Power of Surprise and Delight

Following the polite knock on my hotel room door, I was stunned. “Just a little something to welcome you to ...

Heads Down vs. Heads Up

We’ve all heard people in the business world proclaim that they are “heads down” on a project. Or that they ...

Setbacks: Game Over or Game On?

What do Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger, and Jeff Bezos have in common? They are all incredibly successful, true, but they ...

A Simple Approach to Boost the Appeal of Your Product or Service

If you have a burning headache, you’ll do whatever it takes to subdue it. If it’s 3:00 am on a ...

What’s Your Firebird?

In 1953, a team of the most creative designers and engineers at General Motors set out to make history. Their ...