Every leader wants their vision to spread. Visionary leaders want to go beyond the transactional sharing of information and look for ways to engage the group, making them feel they have a shared stake in the future. In my talks with visionary CEOs, I’ve discovered that the two most challenging activities, once they have a […]
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The picture above links to a 1-minute video that lays out the content of my upcoming CEOnly session with Susan Neely (CEO American Council of Life Insurers) and Jay Timmons (CEO, National Association of Manufacturers) later this month. I am thrilled to have the chance to bring them together with 30+ CEOs later this month.
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I worked with the World Bank, Center for Narrative Studies, and the Center for Association Leadership on the problem of accelerating rapport during professional gatherings. Most conferences don’t begin to gel until about the middle of the second day; too late for some attendees. Our group wanted to know if that process could be improved
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I love street murals. The picture above was taken the day before yesterday in the Mission District, San Francisco, by my cousin, Eric, long time resident of the City by the Bay. And, yes, we are all in this together. Everyone alive is participating in this great experience of life on Earth in the 21st
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I’m hosting a great event for CEOs on October 23rd from 3-5 pm at the National Association of Manufacturers. I’ll be joined by Jay Timmons, CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers and Susan Neely, CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers. We will take a deep dive into how association CEOs impact the
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“Compassion is … a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” So says Pema Chodron, an American Tibetan Buddhist who runs an abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. This reminds me of “patient-centered care,”
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There are three flavors of value innovation, more value, better value, and new value. New value is often borne from frustration, new insight, or technology advances and requires you to venture into a whole new area of business and skillsets. More value is quantitative; it’s all about the numbers. Better value is about increasing the
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We have all heard the importance of investing from an early age. I have tried to do that with my son, Gabriel, by taking him on an annual outing since he was three. The two pictures above show him and our dog at the time hiking into the woods at age four and again this
I’ve been re-reading a classic, “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas Kuhn. It explains how paradigms change. It’s easy to imagine that science is the slow, steady linear progression that gradually fleshes out our understanding of the world. But science is much more haphazard. What is most fascinating to me is that often, the
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“Humanitarian and songstress Laura Baron inspires audiences once again with her single “Refugee” from the album Long Road Home.” – Warlock Asylum International “Laura Baron delves into a blissful worldly sound on the nimble percussion of “Refugee”…” With “Refugee” Laura Baron taps into a spirit of community, allowing a whole orchestra to neatly come together
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