I did a presentation for the Landscape Architecture Foundation (http://lafoundation.org/) on Friday morning. Think of landscape architecture as any human designed aspect of our environment, from parks that are designed to stimulate children and create community to water flow around constructions engineered for optimized ecological impact. There is so much that landscape architects contribute to […]
Being a part of my Visionary CEO Community is a team of thinkers all aspiring towards growth and success. As the leader of the community, I facilitate thinktank-like environments designed to push the CEOs forward to greater heights—personally, professionally, organizationally, whatever they need to excel. As the process begins, I ask the CEOs to arrive
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Saturday I arrived in Austin, Texas, to speak at the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives annual CEO meeting this very Monday morning. I am very glad to be at this gathering. I admire the CEOs of the scientific and engineering societies so much. I know many of them personally and they are wonderful, dedicated,
I sometimes find myself entranced with the news, cruising the major media outlets early in the day as well as late at night, looking for a good story, hoping for a breakthrough. It’s like the news occupied the inside of my head! So, I decided I would take things into my own hands. I would
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Talking with my daughter, Ruchi, last night about her Bollywood dancing experience. One of her dreams was to be a Bollywood star. But, when you dig that into what that means tonight, she tells me, she is having trouble in her dance class. So much so that after a couple of years of real joy
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In my work with leaders on architecting and achieving big, bold goals there are two things that stand in the way of the biggest and the boldest achieving their outrageous targets: dramatic revenue generation and transformational senior leaders. In this MondayMorning Mojo, I want to show how this translates into personal excellence and makes visible
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Last week was a busy one for me. Monday I was off to Las Vegas where I had the chance to see the amazing annual expo of the Promotional Products Association International and talk together with their leaders about standing up Strategic Foresight inside their organization this year. It was a full day and a
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Twin Clutch Transmission: In the world of racecars, dual clutch transmissions have been a staple for years. In production vehicles it remains a relatively new technology. Ford plans to add one such transmission to its North American lineup in 2010, offering its customers the convenience of an automatic but with the great fuel efficiency of
From ancient times, people have welcomed the new year with rituals to attract good fortune. Why? Because it’s a natural symbol of new beginnings. Although time (the calendar, days, hours) is an artificial construct by people to help us with our lives, it reflects the very real cycle of seasons here on Earth. A “new
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I realized over the holidays that there is a voice in my head that often says to me, “You can get through this.” The voice is especially prominent when I am facing some new challenge. It could be anything from a disagreement with one of my teenagers to a business threshold that I just can’t
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