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When it comes to innovation and leadership, questions can be more powerful than statements, argues author Warren Berger. When so much information is readily available to anyone online, the key to innovation is not gathering more data but rather asking…
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Candor: How to have courageous coaching conversations when it really matters Steven Stowell and Tony I. Herrara CMOE Press (2013) How to identify and correct ineffective patterns of communication when guiding, coaching, and giving feedback to others In a previous…
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Steve Yastrow is the author of three books: Ditch the Pitch: The Art of Improvised Persuasion, We: The Ideal Customer Relationship, and Brand Harmony. Management guru Tom Peters said, “When Steve Yastrow writes, I pay close attention,” and called Brand…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by for the Wall Street Journal in which Garry Kasparov suggests that U.S. foreign policy target Russian oligarchs’ assets abroad, their mansions and IPOs in London, their yachts. In other words, use…
Read MoreRichard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you probably know alread, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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Strategy is Everyone’s Job Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S, Mead CMOE Press (2013) How and why even a slight competitive advantage can be decisive for an organization…and a career This is my favorite passage in Lao-Tzu’s Tao Te Ching…
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Show Your Work! 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered Austin Kleon Workman Publishing Company (2014) “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works….” Matthew 5:16 As Austin Kleon explains, his previous…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Shawn Jenkins, chief executive of…
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Steve Jobs on “How to live before you die”
Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you probably know already, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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