For some reason, “curiosity” has developed a bad name. To call something curious is to call it an oddity. It’s…
Wearing Out The Carpet – “managing by wandering around”
A lot of management consultants and modern business gurus promise strategies and formulas for success in today’s business. All you…
New “Marketing Moxie” guest column in TalentZoo – 1-11-12
Check out my newest article in TalentZoo on the need for and benefits of having a Brand Purpose. It’s called “Purpose Marketing…
There Are No Short Cuts
We all know lots of short cuts. We often seek them to get us to our goals faster, with less…
Start Failing Now! Five reasons failure and mistakes are important
“I have not failed, I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison By definition, failure is…
The Importance of Doing Nothing
Stratecution is all about a bias for action and a drive towards doing things (just peek at the sub-head of…
A Ping-Pong Lesson
I spent a big part of the last two days assembling a ping-pong table we bought for Christmas. This is…
The Power of “What if?”
I wrote last week about the importance of asking questions – and the fact that often, questions are more important than…
Let’s Hear It For Scrappiness
Everywhere you look you hear about the great “race for talent”. How the future will be won by who wins…
A Search for Questions: Re-learning the importance of asking questions
I don’t have to tell you that today’s marketing and advertising world is incredibly complex. And the pressure to perform…
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