Using the Power of Visualization in Business

  Michael Gelb explains the power of visualization and how it relates to innovation and creativity. You can find out more n Michael’s new book: Creativity On Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius. Related Podcast and Transcription: The Power of QiGong Joe:   When you think of it in sports, it’s become Read More …

Thinking of Lean as Your Business Model

Art Byrne has been implementing Lean strategy in various U.S.-based manufacturing and service companies, such as Danaher Corporation, for more than 30 years, including The Wiremold Company, which he ran for 11 years. He now serves as Operating Partner at the private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates L.P. In a podcast (Lean as a Read More …

A T-Shape Business Model?

In next weeks Business901 podcast, I discuss Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future with Blake Master. Blake was a student at Stanford Law School in 2012 when his detailed notes on Peter Thiel’s class “Computer Science 183: Startup.” The notes became an internet sensation. Before writing Zero to One Read More …

Agile in a Business Sense

Radical management is a fundamentally different approach to management, with seven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation. Steve Denning author of The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century discussed this in a podcast with me. Below is an excerpt from the podcast. Related Podcast and Transcription: Leadership using Agile Methods Read More …

The Start of Behavioral Business Models

Thomas Koulopoulos on a Fast Company blog post said: We are at the tail end of an era that has focused almost entirely on the innovation of products and services, and we are at the beginning of a new era that focuses on the innovation of what I like to call “behavioral business models.” These Read More …

Are You Tuning Your Business Network?

A business thought leader who is known as “The Woman with the Titanium Digital Rolodex.”  Judy Robinett has been profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek as a sterling example of the new breed of “super connectors” who use their experience and networks to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.  Judy Read More …