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The Fortress and the Ship: How to Manage Your Core Business While Seeking New Innovation
In a glass-walled boardroom overlooking the Hudson River wrapping around downtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty in the distance, our guest lecturer
What to Ignore on “Most Innovative Companies” Lists
The folks at Fast Company and Forbes this month released their annual “most innovative companies” lists. Like many of us, I look
Top 10 Trends your Chief Strategy Officer Should Be Thinking About in 2019
The future matters. Just ask anyone, or any organization, who thinks they don’t have one. All of your greatness today – your
Moving Beyond Your Hierarchy
For years I’ve sat on the opposing side of hierarchy. That rigid concept in which orders are barked down from above and
Thinkers50 Radar List: How Thinkers Foresee the Future
Last week, I was accepted on the Thinkers50 Radar list, composed of 30 management thinkers to watch in 2019. How I made
Lessons from Netflix: How to Systematically Unlock Internal Innovation
Do your people go into the kitchen … or do they go home? When Kat Cole, a waiter at a local Hooters,
Blockchain ≠ Bitcoin
When many hear the word Blockchain, they think immediately of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is an unfortunate mistake. You can classify
What is Blockchain?
Some claim Blockchain will fundamentally change the world. Others dismiss it as hype. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Naturally, reaching
What the 4-Step Pattern of Innovation Can Tell us about the Future of Blockchain
We usually get it wrong. When trying to predict the path of innovations – which ones are hype, which ones are real,
We Decided to Stop Selling … and it Works!
For years I have been selling Outthinker: our workshops, certifications, speeches, membership, etc. And to be honest, it has felt exhausting. Waking
Are You In The Zone?
Just delivered an Outthinker training for Viacom’s sales organization in New York, now jetting to LA to do the same there. It
Language, Vision, and the Emergence of the Human Race
The last two weeks I’ve been roaming up the East Coast in an RV with my family, which has given me a
An Unexpected Train Ride Across the Ukraine
It feels I’m the only one left alive, cruising across the Ukraine in a Soviet-era train. My compartment is empty. The hallway
Three Strategic Lessons from Seattle
This week, I was in Erie, PA, then Chicago, now I’m in Seattle to present two talks. Stepping out of the arrivals
Three Leadership Lessons from Three US Presidents
In a dimly lit wine cellar, we turn to our meal. I am at a corporate dinner filled with executives from fascinating
The Power of Flashback to See How Far You Have Come
This is like an unexpected flashback, like looking at a notch on your doorframe as a child and feeling shocked at how
3 Questions to Dissect and Break Through Fear
While flying to St. Louis from a Soccer game-filled Sunday at home in Greenwich, Conn., as my flight shook indicating that it
If Google Ran a Restaurant, It Would Be This
If Google ran a restaurant, it would be the one I’m in right now, wedged between eateries in London’s SOHO. Every seat