WHAT TOP LEADERS DEMAND OF NEW, INNOVATIVE RECRUITS
Gone are the days of cookie cutter jobs at the top. Businesses grow at lightning speed and they need to pivot and react quickly to conflicting information.
TODD ROSE- THE MYTH OF AVERAGE
Todd Rose rocks my world with this talk. He looks at how using average to build our education system is wasting our talent. His talk not only applies to education but also to how we do business. When we design for the average we design for no one. "Average destroys talent."- Todd Rose The principle shared in this talk have…
THE WORLD WON’T CHANGE AND IT IS YOUR FAULT
Why won’t the world change? Simple. We don’t ask it to. We see problems and we are quiet. We don’t question enough. We walk through life accepting what is handed to us. All world changes stared with a question. Is this right? Is this fair? Is this the way it should be? Is there something more? When we ask out…
YOU SHOULD TAKE MORE RISKS, YES YOU
It is so easy to follow the should's or ought to's. The things we are expected to do according to our mothers, our friends, and just society in general. But why not take a leap. Do something few have the guts to do! What does living in safety mean? It means being ordinary, being average. Average doesn't exist anyway. And who…
NOT DOING YOUR JOB
Last Sunday morning, my door bell rang. I looked out to see a man I vaguely recognized, dressed in shorts and a tee shirt carrying a box. I opened the door and he handed me the package. It was some wine that I had ordered from out of state. I must have had a look on my face that said:…
BE A CONTINUOUS LEARNER
Growing up, people labeled me as smart. And, I was a lucky one that was in the top reading and math group. I was told I was one who was capable of learning anything. A friend of mine, whom I will call Johnny (names have been changed to protect the innocent), was put in the bottom reading group. He was told that his…
PRODUCE- 5 IDEAS FOR GETTING YOUR IDEA INTO OTHER PEOPLES’ HEADS
So what does producing have to do with being deviant? The best way to show someone that your idea is the greatest, most innovative thing they have ever seen, is to actually show it to them. Duh! So why do so many of us spend so much time talking about what we are going to do, or how something will…
HOW TO BE DEVIANT (PART I)
I often get prompted to provide more information on actually how to be deviant. There are many of you out there with Kick A$$ ideas, so I never seem to get asked how to generate more ideas.Often we find ourselves in a position of being frustrated that others can’t hear, support, or like our awesomeness. While attending the POPTECH Rebellion…
CULTURAL PR – ARE YOU BEING SOLD?
What do I mean by Cultural Public Relations? It is all the crap that “they” tell you. • You need to be a productive citizen of the world. • Going to college will get you a good job. • Get yourself a nice job with a good corporation. • Buy a house with a white picket fence and a…
WE DON’T HAVE A CREATIVITY ISSUE. WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP ISSUE.
I am going to make a huge statement today. There are no companies short of good innovative ideas. We don’t have a creativity issue, we have a leadership issue. Wow, that feels good to get off my chest. This is something I often feel and see as I work in a creative field. So, why are some companies not innovating? Why…