Business Skills

The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power

The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power

Whether you want to be an entrepreneur, or just act like one, Bill Schley can show you how in his book, The Unstoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power. This books puts lessons from the world’s greatest masters on fear, risk, failure, and innovation-on-the-fly, right at your fingertips. And, you can use the six rule sets that make entrepreneurs succeed, whether you are a start-up or a big company … or a start-up within a big company.

By May 15, 2013 1 Comments Read More →
It’s the Synthesis

It’s the Synthesis

Synthesis is a powerful way to distill information. You can boil down ideas and communicate the key take away. You can take a few ideas and combine them to form something new. Victor Cheng teaches us a formula we can use for synthesis. According to Cheng, Synthesis enables us to communicate in a way that is “concise, integrates detailed analysis of the big picture, and is action-oriented.”

By November 10, 2012 4 Comments Read More →
How to Rebrand a Brand

How to Rebrand a Brand

This is a guest post by Al Ries on rebranding. Al knows branding and rebranding. After all, he and Jack Trout, coined the term “positioning.” I asked Al if he would share his insights on how to rehydrate, revitalize, or renew a brand? Al delivered.

By July 26, 2012 8 Comments Read More →
The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success

The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success

One of the books I’m reading now is, The Non Nonprofit: For-Profit Thinking for Nonprofit Success, by Steve Rothschild. The heart of the book revolves around seven principles. The seven principles represent “proven for-profit thinking that an help any enterprise, for-profit or non-profit, improve its results and achieve its purpose.”

By June 2, 2012 Leave a comment Read More →
The Yin and Yang of Sources of Insight

The Yin and Yang of Sources of Insight

I wanted a visual that could express one of the idea of Sources of Insight. I think the Yin and Yang is a good model. According to Wikipedia, the Yin and Yang expresses how seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent.

By November 16, 2011 12 Comments Read More →