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I’ve been thinking about Tina, Sarah, slinkies, and how improv may improve your group’s productivity.
I’ve been thinking about Tina, Sarah, slinkies, and how improv may improve your group’s productivity. During the 2008 presidential campaign, I thought Tina Fey did a good Sarah Palin—so good that when the governor from Alaska joined the comedian on Saturday Night Live, it seemed as if Tina Palin and Sarah Fey were impersonating each…
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Marketing Focus: Execute or be Executed
Times are tough. It’s enough to contemplate giving up… or simply to cut back. However, before doing so consider for a moment the following philosophy: “A man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops a clock to save time.” Now is not the time to be driven to save money…
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A successful person is an average person, focused
I love golf – both playing and watching the pros – so you can imagine my delight when my wife Carol Ann surprised me for my birthday with a trip to watch the Ryder Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, in late September. What a memorable experience, one that’s been on my bucket list for a long…
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Make a commitment to succeed
If you want to excel at anything in life you need to be committed. If you only want to be good enough to get by, then a commitment to excellence is not necessary. If you are committed to a cause, you don’t need to tell anyone. They can tell from your actions. I often wonder…
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Workplace Changes Needed to Upgrade Employee Health
Five or more hours of sedentary sitting, according to researchers, is the health equivalent of smoking a pack and a quarter of cigarettes. Yet sitting around is something we get plenty of practice at. Reading and writing and creating on a computer makes for big chunks of sedentary time. If you’re reading this post right now,…
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Apple Opportunities or Not – Disruption and Vision
If you think back to 2001 and the iPod, it changed the music market (eventually impacting CD sales) and replaced Napster & Kazaa file-sharing. For around $0.50-$2/song, Apple established a price point consumers were willing to pay and the Music Copyright Moguls (not artists) would entertai They weren’t the first MP3 player, but the first…
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Warren Bennis Led The Way
Warren Bennis was synonymous with leadership. Unfortunately, we lost Warren earlier this month but his leadership lessons and principles will live on for years. He wrote more than 30 books on leadership, including his landmark work, “On Becoming a Leader.” He advised U.S. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Ford and Reagan. I got to know him during…
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Building a Better Business Model – Not a Mouse Trap
Hej! from Copenhagen (København), capital city of Denmark, home of Hans Christian Andersen and focus of the music and lyrics of Frank Loesser from his 1952 song, “Wonderful Copenhagen”. Geographically, we’re a long way from Perth and Australia. However, in the global community some perspectives don’t vary. Typically, attitudes override aptitudes in identifying and realising…