Why Do We Work?
Why - once we have met our basic needs for food, warmth, and safety - do we work? There are the usual, default answers.For Status. Power. In response to a "fight or flight" instinct, hardwired deep in...
View ArticleBusiness Lessons from Bolt, Phelps, et al.
An amazing 3.5 billion people - half the globe - are watching some or part of the Rio Olympics. Because it is great entertainment.And because, perhaps more than at any other event, nowhere is on...
View ArticleLearning from the Business High-Flyers
Earlier this month, I moderated a webinar panel focused on technology and entrepreneurial opportunities in Virtual Reality, a market sector growing at over 100% per year, and transforming industries as...
View ArticleLearning from the High Flyers, Part Two
Last week, I wrote about how any business - no matter how "Old School" - can benefit via emulating the strategies of "High Flying" companies in industries like virtual reality, wearables, 3D printing,...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial and Investment Opportunities in Wearables [Webinar Invitation]
CCS Insights forecasts that 411 million smart wearable devices, worth a staggering $34 billion, will be sold in 2020 (up from 274 million this year).These wearables include eyewear (97 million...
View ArticleThis The No Excuses Time of Year
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View ArticleThe Most Important Time of Year Just Started...
[Click Here to register for my Friday Webinar on the “7 Keys to Business Plan Success”]Happy September! For many of us, this week is a turning of the page - from the slower, vacation and family-focused...
View ArticleBreaking Through The Business Malarkey
An ongoing entrepreneurial and executive challenge is blocking out all distractions and focusing and executing upon what is important above all else - pursuing opportunities of high value and potential...
View ArticleBusiness Growth: If They Can Do It, We Can Too
Above all else, business leaders are tasked with solving the fundamental challenge of growth.Growth in the form of increased revenues and profits, of more and better assets, and of more organizational...
View ArticleArnie and Vin: May We See the Likes of Them Again
The passing this week of Arnold Palmer at 87, and the retirement from broadcasting of Vin Scully at 88, is a moment to reflect on the time, world, and value system these men represented, and on the...
View ArticleInnovation Capacity: Do You Have It in Your Business?
The most prized, but often overlooked asset of any organization is its capacity to change and innovate.This can be measured by the premium investors will pay to buy into the business.Slow moving and...
View ArticleBusiness Innovation: What it is and What it is Not
Last week, I wrote about how and why the most prized, but often overlooked asset of any organization is its capacity to change and innovate. But as I wrote in that post, innovation can be a scary and...
View ArticleTrump & Hillary Debate -- But Your Win
“The chief business of the American people is business.” - Calvin Coolidge, 1925“I went back to Ohio / But my city was gone”...
View ArticleOpportunities in Artificial Intelligence [Webinar Invitation]
[To register for the webinar, Click Here]The artificial intelligence (AI) market is projected to grow extremely rapidly - from approximately $800 million this year over $5 Billion by 2020, a...
View ArticleInnovation Through Conversation
Last week, I met for dinner with a longtime client as they traveled through Los Angeles on a stop-over on their way back to Europe.It was both by design and natural inclination of all involved, a...
View ArticleWould You Pass a Business Physical?
Positive business change starts with a full and complete understanding of what the bottlenecks to positive change are and what can/must be done to remove them. This may seem obvious, but I am...
View ArticleThe Election: With Change Comes Opportunity
Last week, I wrote about the Business Physical and of the importance of evaluating a business’ “red,” “yellow,” and “green” areas and proceeding, changing, and innovating accordingly.As I wrote that...
View ArticleUse the Opportunity Acid Test to Grow Your Business
We choose to go to the moon and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. - President Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” September 12, 1962A fundamental...
View ArticleStock Market Up, Confidence High - What Does It Mean for YOUR Business?
The three big economic stories since last month’s election have been a dynamic stock market rally, a strengthening dollar, and rising economic confidence.Here are some encouraging statistics to...
View ArticleGrowthink Innovation Series: FinTech
[To listen to a recording of the webinar, Click Here] On this recorded webinar, the Growthink Innovation Series turns to the transformative world of financial technology.According to PWC, within the...
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