The Best of 75 Years
We just celebrated my father’s 75th birthday. At dinner I asked him to note the most profound change he had seen in his lifetime, technology or otherwise. I found his answer surprising, but not...
View ArticleThe Art and Science of Coaching
Most great athletes wouldn’t think of stepping into competition without a coach, both in practice running skill drills and on the sidelines during an event for strategy and encouragement. Where you...
View ArticleDebate Takeaways Tallied Tactfully
I try hard in this blog to leave out my personal politics, which isn’t all that hard to do since I consider the topic of business innovation and its various threads to be about as nonpartisan a...
View ArticleThose Thin Blurred Lines
The more I watch this year’s election unfold — especially the Presidential Debates — the more I am reminded of that old axiom I wrote about early in the life of this blog, “Our greatest strengths are...
View ArticleBack to Business
Last week more than eighty corporate CEOs signed and published a manifesto, agreeing that our nation needs both spending cuts and revenue increases to move forward. It was a simple, clear statement,...
View ArticleOur Real Work Begins
It has been over a week now since our Presidential Election, a good time to reflect. A broad consensus would seem to exist that it is good the election is over — on this we can all agree, and hey,...
View Article16 Things I’m Thankful For Right Now
Last year approaching Thanksgiving I reprinted an oldie which I had sent to a former office team a while back. Your reaction was kind, and I don’t think I can do much better than that at the moment,...
View ArticleA Simple Secret Weapon
Ever hear the catch phrase, “Try to catch someone doing something right?” It’s one that doesn’t get nearly enough airplay. Apparently, it’s way too easy to forget or ignore. A recent story in the...
View ArticleBrands In Memoriam 2012
Frequent readers of this blog know that I am obsessed with the concept of creative destruction, the intangible but daunting market force where an invention that is vital takes out that which has become...
View ArticleThe Last Word on This Election Year
All week I have been trying to devise a clean getaway post for the year 2012 and it has been a struggle. Then performance on demand, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan did the heavy lifting...
View ArticleToo Busy To Save Your Company
One of my final posts of 2012 memorialized the brands we lost last year, and inspired the question, how do so many companies so often so badly miss the boat? It’s even more perplexing when they know...
View ArticleCustomer Disservice
Why do companies with big brands and tremendous momentum go out of business? One reason often discussed here is lack of innovation, which is often opaque, quite difficult to grasp when it is happening...
View ArticleReading to Kids
Last weekend my wife and I had the inspiring opportunity to spend the morning with five energetic first graders through a Los Angeles non-profit program called Reading to Kids. As it is said about so...
View ArticleWhy I Love LinkedIn
LinkedIn recently celebrated a milestone, surpassing 200 million member accounts, which they announced earlier this year. Shortly after that announcement, I received an email from LinkedIn...
View ArticleThe Parable of the Cold Burrito
“Do people do that with you? Offer you some food that, if you don’t eat it, they’re only going to ‘throw it away.’ Well, doesn’t that make you feel dandy? ’Here’s something to eat, Dave, hurry up,...
View ArticleSurviving the Limelight
When is an Executive Coach most valued by a client? Not surprisingly, often when a client is most surprised! Getting blindsided by the unexpected is part of the job for executives, but how they...
View ArticleI’ll Get Back To You
Here’s an observation — the busiest, most successful people in business are the ones who follow-up when they say they will follow-up. Those who tell you they will get back to you and don’t are not at...
View ArticleAbout This Book of Mine
I have mentioned now and again that I have been working on a novel for a few years. It’s time to share a few more details. First of all the title: This Is Rage. You will discover why I called it that...
View ArticleCan They Hear You Listening?
Consultant? Mentor? Coach? However you might be trying to encourage someone who is already an outstanding professional do what they do better, what is most likely to get in your way? It is quite...
View ArticleBlog Begets 100
It’s hard to believe this is my 100th post on Corporate Intelligence Radio. I started this blog over two years ago, about the time I committed to writing my novel, which I announced last month. Soon...
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