The Secret to Making Uncertainty Our Friend
Posted on12 Mar 2015
TagsPredictability as Hell Analogy, uncertainty, J. Michael Fox, innovation, fear, decisions, creativity, certainty
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When we do not deal well with uncertainty, we make bad decisions. As an unspecified fear, it stirs anxiety in us. The... Read More
Familiarity Meets Failure Often Without People Knowing Why
When it comes to music, we lean to the tunes we know. When it comes to solutions, we lean to the ones... Read More
Solving the Danger of Humbleness
Posted on12 Feb 2015
Tagsassumptions, communications, fear, Influence, leadership, relationships, Talent, humbleness, Michelle Held
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A while back I wrote about the humbleness and the dangers it can create. I did so at the request of Michelle... Read More
Introverts and Extroverts as Speakers
Posted on09 Feb 2015
Tagspublic speaking, Introverts and Extroverts (Series), extroverts and introverts, fear, event, energy, content, Carl Jung
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Introversion and extroversion describe sources of energy. Too often though we only talk about these two types in terms of how they... Read More
How to Motivate Employees with Words
Posted on15 Dec 2014
Tagsleadership, advertising, change management, compliments, employees, fear, follow up, habits, Harvard Business Review, motivation, repetition, resistance to change, words, Jeffrey Rayport
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In advertising we learn how to motivate consumers with words. In leadership we need to know how to motivate employees with words.... Read More
Secret to Creativity (Pt 2): Innovative Process and Taco Bell
A venture firm presented their search process. It began with examining about a 1,000 companies. Of those, they analyzed business plans from... Read More
Leveraging Relationships, Manipulation or Influence?
The techniques in this series sometimes have people asking, “Mike, isn’t this manipulation?” My response is, “Yes, it is, but remember manipulation... Read More
Writer’s Block Breakthrough, Two Techniques
Posted on01 Aug 2013
Tagsconflict, creativity, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, fear, ideas, Techniques, fortress as prison analogy, writing
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As with the common cold, writer’s block infects many, attacking writers of every ilk, from creative to business to technical. Fear and... Read More
Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill
Posted on18 Feb 2013
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, coaching, employees, fear, fun, ignorance, inertia, Influence, leadership, management, management by walking around, military, problem solving, resistance to change, training, uncertainty, warfare, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series
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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties.... Read More
Over Thinking Decisions (Pt 3): Antidote
What’s the antidote for over thinking (OT) as referenced in Ian Leslie’s article, “Non Cogito, Ergo Sum,” (Intelligent Life, May/June 2012 edition)?... Read More
