Learning from Advertisements.
A VIDEO ad from Mazda on what leadership means –
http://www.ted.com/initiatives/aws/defy_convention.html
With thanks to Mitch Joel
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Innovation is one of the Strategic Challenges within the universal framework of organizations’ of any type and size when you apply the Organization Optimizer diagnostic
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An original VIDEO post by Gregg Thompson
How do you connect as a leader?
Gregg reveals how great leaders distinguish themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7d66opwT8&lr=1
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Great leaders understand the value of measuring their organization, not only to monitor change but as a way to challenge their organization to keep ‘raising the bar’, to stay ahead of the competition, to be prepared for [...]
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An original post by Seth Godin
In 1993, I saw the web coming. I was hired to write the cover story for a now defunct computer magazine about the internet, and dismissed the new Mosaic browser in a single paragraph.
I figured the web was just like Prodigy, but slower, harder to use and without a business [...]
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An original post by Derek Sivers
What I’m about to tell you is one of the most interesting things I’ve read or heard in the last few months, and I know you’re going to love it, so please read to the end.
The Marshmallow Experiment
40 years ago, at a nursery school at Stanford University, psychology professor Walter [...]
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An original post by Andy Nulman
Here’s a big statement to start your day:
A dinner at Chicago’s Alinea restaurant should be obligatory for every major executive in America.
Here’s why.
I’m no “foodie,” but a 35-year business career has taken me to some of the finest food emporiums all over the globe.
Well, nothing, but nothing, has even come [...]
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An original post from Alan Webber
It’s getting close to the end of the year.
A good time to clean out old drawers filled with even older files.
Here’s one I just found: Lessons From Fast Company. It was a speech I gave in Brazil at a program organized by the remarkable Oscar Motomura not long after [...]
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SHOULD YOU BE READING THIS BLOG?
By: Jerry Tarasofsky
This is not MY blog – rendering ideas opinions that I HAVE.
It is a permission based MODERATED blog, posting ideas about leadership from OTHER leaders, academics, industry gurus, and only occasionally from yours truly.
In most of the cases these are ‘older’ posts – yes rehashes of what these [...]
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An original post from Seth Godin
[If you are a leader you should read Seth’s new book.]
My latest book, We Are All Weird, came out 8 weeks ago, to very strong reviews and gratifying feedback.
It’s likely you haven’t had a chance to read it yet. I hope you’ll give it a shot. (The Kindle edition runs [...]
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An original post from Karl Moore and Peter Neely
To date, companies have embraced social networks by setting up Facebook and LinkedIn pages. Many view these as an extension of their current marketing mix and offer product information, sales notices and contact information which is no different from their website. Many companies have also started using [...]
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