Let’s be honest. The “X factor” as a talent-related concept is mostly total bunk. But the one small part of… Read more If the crazy never quits, the X never fades.
Command-Z Is My Homeboy: Managing Failure Inside of the Enterprise
A month ago, I stumbled upon one of my all-time favorite presentations I’ve ever given, which was an overly honest… Read more Command-Z Is My Homeboy: Managing Failure Inside of the Enterprise
Keep on forgetting myself.
One thing I’ve never failed to do throughout my career was to hang on to the things, the behaviors that… Read more Keep on forgetting myself.
Simple Things
“Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.” ~Alan Kay
In Pursuit of A Glorious Trainwreck.
This is a repost from its original debut on Sabre.com announcing the launch of Sabre Labs earlier this year, and it’s… Read more In Pursuit of A Glorious Trainwreck.
Truer words were never spoken…
We all reach this point in life… the only question is when and how we’ll choose to respond.
All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, “You must do this. I can’t.” ~C.S. Lewis
Dedicating Your Career To A Mighty Purpose.
I start this post with the blunt truth about most of our careers:Few of us, if any, spend our days saving lives, finding a cure to a rare disease, sending rockets into space, or anything else worthy of writing a new page in history. Instead, most …
What Nail Polish, Middle Fingers & Manny Pacquioa have to do with Corporate Innovation…
I included a short excerpt reviewing Christensen’s theories on innovation recently… specifically why it is critical to frame the problem correctly, and added a little color commentary of my own in bold… on how not to go out like a corporate Pa…
The only certain way to avoid failure? Say nothing. Do nothing. Be nothing.
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing.” ~Denis Waitley
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