Crack Your Identity Code – 8 Essential Questions
April 20, 2012
Figuring out who you are isn’t some cosmic, unanswerable guru-directed challenge. It is job one if you plan to live a happy, fulfilling life.
The Identity Code: A Tough Nut to Crack
March 19, 2012
It's inevitable. All execs search for the secret sauce that will fuel success. The next big thing is, well, always BIG When I read about what makes great companies great - and lousy ones lousy - I sense that one factor always comes into play;...
Read MoreDon’t be Foogled!
September 29, 2011
Facebook is now aggressively challenging Google’s growing success in social media—especially in relation to music, video and mobile services—aiming to maintain its innovator’s edge. In its massive makeover, however, it is also succeeding in offending Facebook loyalists who are less than thrilled with many of the changes. Worse, in some peoples’ eyes,
What is a person for (anymore)?
June 27, 2011
… Maybe that’s an over-statement, but it holds some truth. In the words of one CEO, The Times article continues: “You don’t have to train machines.”
In many ways, the seismic shift we’re seeing in the jobs economy towards more highly skilled workers calls for people—especially, the unemployed and underemployed—to clarify,
Innovating from the inside-out
February 9, 2011
Why do we spend so much time studying customer needs as the basis for innovation, when its real source is right in front of our eyes? Innovate from the core and you’ll guarantee that your company enjoys a long and happy life.
Are You a Conscious Leader? (And Does It Matter?)
December 6, 2010
We live in a time of purpose-driven companies and purpose-driven lives. One of the groups that promotes the power of purpose is the Conscious Capitalism Institute (CCI). As someone who knows how powerful purpose can be when it is authentically derived (read: innate identity), I’m a fan. But, oh, the challenges.
What’s your personal brand?
February 22, 2010
There’s so much talk these days about personal branding and how important it is to shaping a successful career. But exactly what is a “personal brand” and where does it come from?
It’s 2010 – What Universe Do You Live In?
December 31, 2009
For all the sophisticated management thinking these days, why is it most managers only see half a world – the world of economics – as opposed to the “other” equally formidable world of identity?
Down with “God” – The Problem with Tiger Woods
December 17, 2009
The seeds of Tiger Woods’ undoing were sewn years ago – and they had nothing to do with him being the king of golf.
Tiger’s father, Earl, apparently told his son, over and over, that he would be
What is the purpose of aging?
August 22, 2009
What do we do with ourselves when we wake up to the press of time? When one’s physical abilities to excel are largely past? When one’s chance to “be somebody” through one’s children is no longer an option? When one’s opportunity – if not root desire – to make a million bucks has slipped by?
What are we left with?
