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IdeaSpewing – A Simple Technique to Unlock Creativity

Staring at the blank page can be intimidating. This could be the start of any creative project – from writing ...

How Tiny Innovations Can Yield Gigantic Results

Gaining competitive advantage, better serving customers, and standing out from the pack can feel just about as challenging as running ...

How The Most Successful Leaders Respond

We all get provoked. An angry associate; a cranky customer; a snarling spouse. In these cases, the primitive part of ...

How Google Kills Ideas to Drive Killer Innovation

According to its tombstone, Trendalyzer was a data trend viewing platform that lived a happy life from 2007-2017. Latitude, a ...

Symbols and Rituals

itualsIn the coastal town of Nanaimo, Canada, police are issuing tickets at an astonishing rate. The tickets are not recognizing ...

15 Powerful Ideas

“You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.” ~ Edward deBono “Out there is ...

When Your Fear Holds Back Your Creative Thinking

“I have an idea” vs. “I have a concern.” In meetings, what do you suppose the ratio is at your ...

My 11 Principles

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

Child’s Play

I recently spent some time laughing hysterically while playing board games with my kids. There's nothing better than watching a ...

Defying Gravity

When the space shuttle takes off, it burns two-thirds of its fuel in the first 20 minutes. The remaining supply ...