Good Isn’t Good Enough A good friend of mine is a designer. His ideas are good. His service is good. The artwork on his blog is good and the information is easy to access. Everyone I know thinks … [Read more...]
Building an Outrageously Solid, Customer-Centered Model to Test All Business Decisions
Me You Me You Are you still with me? Here’s where we are. We have claimed that one businesslike thing we love doing. We know why doing what we love is good business thinking. We have thought … [Read more...]
How to Age Ideas Like a Fine Cognac OR Making Compelling Writing the Center of Your Brand
I Love My Pocket Journal Yesterday in the comments to Inside Out Thinking: Catching Ideas Coming In and Going Out, Hans at Blogosquare asked a question that was one I had when I first started … [Read more...]
Do A Survey to Focus Your Business
Our Customers Know Have you noticed? Everything about setting up a business requires clean decisionmaking that comes from both heart and head. In other words, to do it well, we have to know who we … [Read more...]
Talking Decisions and Self-Promotion with JenChicago
You Just Watch Friday morning, I met Jen Knoedl for an interview. We walked to a quiet part of Millenium Park. We talked about blogging, building a career that works, being a leader on your path . . … [Read more...]
Have You Got a Change Manager?
The Value of an Outside Observer A while back, I was at lunch with a consultant from a top tier strategy firm, a specialist in change management. Her company works with international … [Read more...]
Three Steps to a Killer Tagline that Customers Pass On to Others with Enthusiasm
The Decision Model Back to business . . . We’re on the way to Building an Outrageously Solid, Customer-Centered Model to Test All Business Decisions. What we’re going for is to define the … [Read more...]
Be a Magnet Not a Missionary
When Your Values Are Baked Into Your Value Proposition At SxSW this year, I enjoyed a deep conversation with Dave Fleet @DaveFleet about the new offer that Terry St. Marie (@Starbucker) and I are … [Read more...]
Is That Noisy Guy On Twitter Creative or Just a Pain in the . . . ?
It’s Complex When Csikszentmihalyi wrote Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, he found that it wasn’t easy to pin down what determines a creative life, it seemed to … [Read more...]
The Big Challenge is OVER, Keep that Energy Going ON
Sometimes Timing Is Everything This week’s challenge in the the b5media Business Apprentice Team Challenge . . . Kay’s finally settling into her role as entrepreneur. Kay hardly has time to … [Read more...]
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