What is it that pierces our understanding of the world and opens new horizons, especially those we are resistant to yet which mean greater freedom and ability? Have you ever thought you could not do something and when someone insisted you could, you refused to believe? Then, they showed you beyond a doubt that you […]
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Robert Nelson was CEO of the National Coffee Association for 18 years. He has unique experience designing and running Grand Challenges for the NCA and elsewhere. Today Robert is principal of NCS Strategies. Robert will be joining us all day at the Grand Challenge Summit on March 20.
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All night long my wife is getting texts that say, “Woot Woot!!” What is this? I am not familiar with this term. So, I looked it up on the holistic brain trust, the Internet. Turns out its origin is ambiguous. One source says it hails from a contraction in Dungeons & Dragons of �wow, loot!�
Chris McEntee, the American Geophysical Union’s CEO and executive director, talks with me about the Thriving Earth Exchange, which is their Grand Challenge. She shares about how the idea began, its purpose, how she knew it was the right thing to pursue, and what it will do for AGU.
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Fact: Almost 50 percent of the entire edible food items manufactured are never consumed. Google recently released a paper that proposes they dampen sites that contain large numbers of false facts. “We propose using Knowledge-Based Trust (KBT) to estimate source trustworthiness…” Fact: It’s illegal to kill a hedgehog with a machine gun in Britain. The
David Gammel, the Entomological Society of America’s executive director, talks about his leadership style, organizational culture, the International Congress of Entomology, and his plans for partnering with other organizations to address issues of global import.
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Inflection points are decisive shifts between you and the market. They can be imposed upon you, and you can create them. The best leaders leverage inflection points for success.
Fresh from a storytelling workshop for the Leadership Congress of the International Sign Association, I tell you how to create a story-based campaign to influence others effectively.
We get used to silly, nonsensical things… or do we? I am flying out of Phoenix tomorrow and received an email from American Airlines to remind me to check in. Click here, the message says and I do. It tells me that I have come to the wrong website and the flight is being managed
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Had a really ineresting conversation with my good friend and bestselling author, Lisa McLeod, the other day. Of course we recorded it! Here’s an excerpt: Seth: What is the relationship between Noble Purpose and a Grand Challenge? Lisa: A Noble Purpose is why an organization exists. A Grand Challenge is an initiative that will be
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