- Overcoming the Addiction to Being Right https://t.co/3OIqYTXVLd #leadership #hr
- Great Tony Robbins Video on How to Innovate https://t.co/4UvCgLM9fC #innovation #media
- Sluffing-off Millennial Myths Reveals the Millennial 'Possibility' Mindset https://t.co/Yv7jzZ5SnH #leadership #hr
- Sluffing-off Millennial Myths Reveals the Millennial 'Possibility' Mindset https://t.co/Yv7jzZntMh #leadership #hr
- The Millennial "Trophy Generation": Entitled or Eager to Engage? https://t.co/K5lebDw3q0 #leadership #hr
- Great Tony Robbins Video on How to Innovate https://t.co/4UvCgLM9fC #innovation #media
- Overcoming the Addiction to Being Right https://t.co/3OIqYTXVLd #leadership #hr
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Category Archives: Innovation
When to Begin Anew
“If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” –Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors “Bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster … Continue reading
Posted in change, Innovation
Tagged aereo CEO Chet Kanojia, craig forman, failure, General Magic Joanna Hoffman, giving up too soon, pivot, regrets, success, video about failure, y combinator dalton caldwell
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Shift Your Thinking to Optimism in the Face of Fear
By Judith E. Glaser Are Your I-Centric Habit Patterns Getting the Best of You? We live in a world of moving targets. Once we get into routines we feel comfortable, and from comfort comes confidence. Yet in a world of … Continue reading
Posted in change, HR, Innovation
Tagged amygdala, arrogance, change, confidence, connection, defensiveness, ego, failure, i-centric, optimism, patterns, pessimism, power, protection, protective behaviors, reframing, scarcity, success, taking risks, winning, wrong
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Courageous or Heroic?
While many claim that courage and heroic are synonymous, commingling them as such does a disservice to the concept of courage. Firefighter Captain Mary agrees, “People notice heroes dealing with disaster and emergency responses. When a civilian dials 911 for … Continue reading
Posted in change, Innovation
Tagged authenticity, christopher reeves, courage under fire, courageous leadership, heroes, heroism, leadership courage, personal courage, risk, self
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Are You Green-lighting or Stopping an Important Work Relationship?
by Judith E. Glaser The consequences of your interactions are filed daily in your memory bank, either as “feel good” or “feel bad” experiences. Memories with strong emotions linger, since the brain more easily files and calls up memories attached … Continue reading
Posted in communication, HR, Innovation
Tagged bad experience, bad feelings, boss, brain, compassion, conversations, cortisol, ego, emotional trauma, emotions, engagement, feelings, future, innovation, intimacy, memories, negativity, oxytocin, self-esteem, triangulation, trust, vitality
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The Danger of Mirrortocracy in Silicon Valley and Beyond
by Helen Whelan “We’ve created a make-believe cult of objective meritocracy, a pseudo-scientific mythos to obscure and reinforce the belief that only people who look and talk like us are worth noticing. After making such a show of burning down … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, HR, Innovation
Tagged avoiding favoritism, bias, Carlos Bueno, culture fit, google, Googlers, hiring blind spots, hiring practices, innovation, interviewing skills, marshall goldsmith, mirrortocracy, silicon valley, talent shortage, unwritten rules, workforce
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Growth Junkies More Important than Growth Markets?
by Peter Thies Ask anyone to describe the current post-recession economy and they’ll give a terribly unexciting answer: “sideways”, “sluggish” and “creeping upward”. Ho-hum… According to the Conference Board’s Global Economic Outlook 2012, annual growth rates in emerging/developing economies from … Continue reading
Posted in change, HR, Innovation, leadership, Leadership Skills
Tagged Apple, assessing potential, beliefs, career advancement, developming economies, emerging economies, employee engagement, employee satisfaction, Facebook, gdp, growth, growth junkies, growth leaders, growth mindset, learning agility, management development, organizational development, peak performers, strategy, succession planning, talent management
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Richard Branson Key Leadership Skills Video
Have you ever noticed how large companies will often describe “entrepreneurial experience” as a key desired trait for future employees. No wonder. It takes a certain steely resolve and “do whatever it takes” attitude to be an entrepreneur. Large companies … Continue reading
Posted in HR, Innovation, Leadership Skills, management, training
Tagged business entrepreneurs, creating positive attitude, entrepreneurship, examples of good leadership, failing, Forbes, key leadership skills, leadership examples, leadership lessons, leadership traits, positive attitude, resilience, richard branson, Richard Branson leadership videos, risk taking, succeeding, successful entrepreneurs
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Steve Case on Innovation, Entrepreneurs and Risk
Steve Case, the founder of AOL and currently the Chief Executive of Revolution, an investment firm, probably makes one of the best distinctions between entrepreneurs and large companies in his interview with The New York Times. He calls entrepreneurs “attackers”, … Continue reading
Posted in change, HR, Innovation, Leadership Skills
Tagged AOL, art of the possible, attackers, collaboration, defenders, disruption, effect change management, innovation, leadership communication skills, maximize opportunity, risk taking, status quo, Steve Case, Steve Case leadership style, successful entrepreneurs, Time Warner, trust, video librariies, wisdom of teams video training
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How to Improve Decision-Making and Innovation in the Workplace
There’s the good and the bad of having so much knowledge at our fingertips, literally. It’s easy to “Google” the answer to any question. Knowledge is no longer held in the hands of a few. But, do we know what to … Continue reading
Posted in change, HR, Innovation, Leadership Skills
Tagged attitude, capacity to innovate, career advice, careers, creative thinking, critical thinking skills, decision making skills, fulfilllment, good questions, greg mckeown, happiness, how to think, jobs, knowledge, meaning, Motivation, old workers, peak experience, right decisions, right questions, right thinking, young workers
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