01 Jul Tom Peters – Best-selling author of In Search Of Excellence
There is no higher priority these days than becoming a change master. James Mapes' Quantum Leap Thinking offers a kind, provocative… and challenging...
01 Jul Are You a Roadrunner Leader or a Wile E. Coyote Boss?
Two cartoon characters meet on the New Mexico desert to match wits. Spectators are instantly struck by the David and Goliath parallel. ...
21 Jun SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, NOT AS YOU WISH THEM TO BE
A QUANTUM LEAP WILL TAKE PLACE ONLY WHEN YOU SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE, NOT AS YOU WISH THEM TO BE. I used to be determined to overcome the barriers waiting to trip me up. People were constantly ignoring or disappointing...
18 Jun PERSEVERE
The price of success comes from dedication, hard work, unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen....
17 Jun THE ILLUSION OF SEPARABILITY
Separability is the belief that your actions do not directly impact anyone else, that your behavior in a relationship has no effect on your partner, that your performance on a team does not directly influence the performance of the team as a...
15 May In Praise of Entrepreneurs, Persistance & a Gourmet Food Truck
Here’s to the dreamers, visionaries and risk takers! Here’s to the entrepreneurs! ...
15 Apr PLACEBOS – TRUE BELIEF
What if there was a drug that could cure a disease or heal an ailment without any side- effects? What if that same drug could speed recovery from an illness or operation, inhibit infection, reduce bleeding, calm inflammation, control pain, help asthmatics breathe easily,...
15 Apr FORCING INTROSPECTION FOR INSIGHT
I just got over a rough bout with a stomach virus. The first two days were spent in utter desperation, doing what one does when extremely ill, trying to hold down some liquids so as not to become dehydrated and pondering some not...
10 Apr DEFINING “APPLIED IMAGINATION” FOR SUCCESS
This blog is the first in a series on what I believe to be a basically ignored, underappreciated and undervalued component of creativity, innovation and success – “applied imagination.” I am fairly certain that you have heard the expressions - ...
28 Mar Women, Men, Diversity and Creativity
What explodes creative thinking? There are dozens of suggestions available in hundreds of books and articles. But one thing is true. The more experiences you have and more information you place in that three-pound piece of gray matter called The Brain, the more punch you...