by Alan | Oct 18, 2010 | Big Ideas, Compelling Value, Customer Experience, Unlocking Genius
Greetings. While more and more companies and organizations are focusing on green technologies, we don't often think about their value in supporting soldiers in combat. But that's all about to change in the weeks ahead when the 150 marines of...
by Alan | Oct 14, 2010 | Big Ideas, Customer Experience, Engaging Employees, Just for Fun, Unlocking Genius
Greetings. A few weeks ago I was invited to facilitate a "speed networking" event for the French-American Chamber of Commerce. A chance to help forty successful and extremely busy business professionals connect with each other in the hope of...
by Alan | Oct 11, 2010 | Are We Idiots?, Compelling Value, Engaging Employees, Unlocking Genius
Greetings. It's the start of a new week and a chance to reflect on the extra value we provide to our customers and colleagues. Oh, I know, providing extra value is not one of your weekly metrics…or even part of your balanced scorecard…but...
by Alan | Oct 6, 2010 | Big Ideas, Compelling Value, Just for Fun, Unlocking Genius
Greetings. It's Nobel Prize season and recently announced awards for physics and chemistry have a lot to teach us about genius, innovation, and collaboration. Let's start with the 2010 physics prize which was awarded to two Russian-born scientists,...
by Alan | Oct 4, 2010 | Big Ideas, Customer Experience, Just for Fun, Unlocking Genius
Greetings. Recently I was asked if I would be willing to visit the fifth grade class at religious school to talk with students about the "job" of being a prophet. Maybe it was my graying beard that earned me this assignment, or maybe it was the...
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