Know Where The Goalposts Are – Sometimes success is not about great work

Here’s something surprising that I’ve learned the hard way – focusing solely on delivering great work and positive results is … More

Houston, We Have A Problem – Making the problem not a problem

If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the … More

Beware of Your Strengths – How your strengths can hurt you as much as your weaknesses

We’ve all said things like “do what you’re good at.” “Go with what you know.” “Leverage your strengths.” And they … More

The Road From Hopeless to Hopeful – Don’t get caught in the hopelessness cycle

One of my teams was recently faced with a difficult work problem. The team was dealing with a complicated problem, … More

The Age of the “Kordell Stewart” Employee – Why being a “Slash” is the key today

              I recently took a new job at a Media agency. I’d spent my career at … More

Be “Abundant” – The key to success is giving

In a post in SmartBrief last month, Lorne Rubis, President and CEO of Ryzex, talked about something he calls the … More

Please Criticize Me – Hearing criticism is a desirable thing

  “Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” Aristotle Let’s face it, … More

Don’t Be a Hater – Why ‘hating’ is over-used

I was watching the Grammy Awards last week, when Kelly Clarkson came on to sing a song. As she began … More

Mashup! – Leveraging the power of combinational creativity

“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected” – William Plomer Creativity is hard to define, and even harder … More

Be Un-Cool – why you should never aim for cool

Everyone is seduced by cool. I know I can be. Cool gets attention, gets buzz, wins awards, and even can … More