Earlier this year, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was identified in a Harvard Business Review survey of his peers as the world’s Top CEO.  That’s a pretty impressive accolade considering that many people – including some of these same peers – believed his business model was destined to failure when he launched Amazon (as Cadabra) not even [...]

Few things please the human senses more than the arrival of Spring. In some years, that joy is magnified by the experience of a harsh winter. Such is the case for a lot of my friends in the Northern United States this year. They had one of the longest, most miserable winters in recent memory. [...]

English author A.A. Milne is best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh.   Most of his tales of the Hundred Acre Wood involved characters such as Tigger, Eeyore and Christopher Robin, but some of the most memorable lines are exchanged between best friends Pooh and Piglet.   Milne’s writings may have been directed [...]

Sometimes the best plan of attack is an inside job… Today’s article is written by a guest blogger named Robert Blaga. Robert is a full-time trainer for a European based multinational company and he’s passionate about leadership, communication and learning. I highly encourage you to check out his blog for internal trainers at http://robertblaga.com/. There [...]

Thomas Jefferson loved to write – not only because he was good at it, but because he knew it to be one of the most effective ways to motivate people toward social progress. Prior to serving as the third US President, he was was entrusted by the Founding Fathers to draft the Declaration of Independence [...]

Change Agents can learn from the Spring Training approach taken by baseball teams. Get your team ready for the Season of Change & Play Ball!

Change Agents would do well to heed the simple, straight-forward advice of former Baltimore Orioles pitching coach Ray Miller when he counseled young hurlers to “Work Fast.Throw Strikes. Change Speeds.”

Charge for air. Sell tickets to a Museum of Dead Business Models. Instead of charging people $5 to look at products in their store, I’d suggest this Australian retailer consider Nine tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how to raise revenue off of app-wielding reverse price-gouging deadbeats. Seriously, you need to try a fresh approach!

A retailer in Australia is charging customers 5 dollars to browse products without buying. Is it wise to discourage “research shopping” or is this just resistance to change?

I’ve been told – as most leaders are told during their careers -  that taking action is critical to success. We’re rewarded for doing. We’re rewarded for results. The unfortunate flip side of this prejudice for action is that leaders are not typically rewarded for stopping and thinking before taking action. . I’ve also noticed [...]

Work Out Your Brain, Change Your World and while you’re at it, Stop Saying That! Today’s collection of articles range from tips on how to be more creative to a pair of lists of self-limiting things we all need to quit saying.  Enjoy the insights and pass along any links you think would be worth [...]

. Do You Tweet? If so, you are in the distinct minority of Americans. Are you a liberal or a conservative? Are you young, old or middle-aged? It turns out your answer to the second and third questions may influence your answer to the first one… To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Some good lessons [...]

One of my favorite authors has a birthday this week. . The late Theodor Seuss Geisel – known more widely as Dr. Seuss – was known for his clever rhyming verses, colorful madcap characters and endearing stories for children. . In his lifetime, he won two Oscars, two Emmys, a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody [...]

. In a recent article, I suggested that Change Agents need to answer eight critical questions when they plan for communication. Today I’ll dig a bit deeper into the first of those 8 questions: “What’s the context for this communication?” . Change Agent Tip #63: Communicate in Context. Why is Context So Important? Most of [...]