brainstorm

Where’s Your What-If?

Spending a good chunk of my days researching human creativity, I landed on a strange phenomenon. What-if questions, one of the ...

Two Powerful (and Surprisingly Fun) Brainstorming Techniques

As many of us have realized, traditional brainstorming is a perfectly designed exercise to yield mediocre ideas. Instead of sharing ...

My 11 Principles

Recently I had the privilege of delivering my third commencement speech. I love graduation ceremonies and what they symbolize: achievement, ...

Can’t or Won’t?

Some things just "can't" be done, right? Up until 1954, the top scientists and athletes agreed that running a mile ...

Be, Do, Have

Many of us chase success, only to find it to be an elusive tease. We say to ourselves if "I ...

Letting Go

After I graduated college, I launched my second business – Innovative Computer Solutions. We sold computer hardware and provided networking ...

Caught in the Act

Bosses, parents, teachers, clergy and government officials are well trained to catch you doing something wrong.  There are elaborate systems ...

Vu Deja

We've all experienced déjà vu, looking at an unfamiliar situation and feeling like we've seen it before. It turns out ...

The United States of Apple

Get this – Apple, Inc. now has more money than the US Government. According to a report in the Financial ...

The Riskiest Move of All

All our lives we've been taught to avoid risk. Look both ways when crossing the street. Don’t touch the hot ...