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Dreaming and Doing
Some people focus on dreaming. Some focus on doing. The ones who find a way to bridge the gap make change happen. Every once in a while, as Steve Jobs would say, they put a dent in the universe. Many...
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Everyday Innovation
You don’t have to be an entrepreneur to be an innovator. Becoming a startup CEO may not be your thing, but changing the world is always within your reach. There is a frenzy of late among those longing...
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What Should You Study to Be More Valuable in the Workforce?
With so much recent talk and public debate about education as our path to prosperity, I was asked recently by a career training program what I believed were some key areas of focus students should...
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Let’s Argue About Something
The way to read the title of this article is “Let’s Argue about Something,” with the emphasis on the final word—as opposed to Nothing. But now for something completely different. Remember this bit from...
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My Second Book
As noted by the title, this post is meant to announce the forthcoming release of my second book, Endless Encores. It will be published by The Story Plant on September 22, 2015 in hardcover and as an...
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Do You Care?
Here are a few marvels of bad business practices I’ve experienced in the past month: In the middle of a presentation pitching me for a strategic business services contract, the presenter nonchalantly...
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Funniest Screenplays of All Time
Back in 2012, the Writers Guild of America surveyed its membership to identify the Best Written TV Series of All Time and I used the occasion to share my own list. This year the WGA is doing the same...
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Tavis and Maya
Every year the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books continues to cement itself in my psyche as a major go-to event. Now the largest book fair in the United States, its bustling aisles fill the USC...
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Records So Good We Bought Them Again (and Again)
I guess for me this is turning into The Year of The List! Earlier this year, inspired by a Writers Guild initiative, I catalogued a suggested collection of the Funniest Screenplays of All Time. Right...
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It’s All Getting Personal
It’s a bit weird, this Author thing. Let me try to explain. For as long as I can remember, putting words on paper has been an integral part of my life. It started when I was a kid, with little plays...
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About This Book of Mine
I have mentioned now and again that I have been working on a novel for a few years. It’s time to share a few more details. First of all the title: This Is Rage. You will discover why I called it that...
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Can They Hear You Listening?
Consultant? Mentor? Coach? However you might be trying to encourage someone who is already an outstanding professional do what they do better, what is most likely to get in your way? It is quite...
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Blog Begets 100
It’s hard to believe this is my 100th post on Corporate Intelligence Radio. I started this blog over two years ago, about the time I committed to writing my novel, which I announced last month. Soon...
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Let It Be
I write this evening from London on the last day of a short business trip. I am pounding this out on an iPad so it may be a bit less polished then some of my posts, but I want to share the passion...
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The 70% – Part 1
A Gallup study released last week on the State of the American Workplace reported that 70% of American workers are disengaged in their jobs. An extraordinary number of these people convey that they...
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The 70% – Part 2
In the Executive Coaching Workshop I co-lead with John Vercelli for Coaches Training Institute, we discuss early in the curriculum the pervasive epidemic of Bad Boss Syndrome. It is jaw-dropping how...
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The $20 Brand Bond
Let’s talk about lifetime value of a customer for a few seconds. I use the term “a few seconds” purposefully. Recently I bought one of those discount vouchers for a neighborhood deli, where you pay...
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Whose Ad Is It Anyway?
Investors and company executives are cheering of late for the resurgence of Facebook above its IPO price from about a year ago. Mobile growth is the story at Facebook, and many are pleased with the...
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The Beatles at Sea
I don’t think I am likely to run out of things to write about The Beatles. Scratch that. There is no chance I will ever run out of things to write about The Beatles. How about The Beatles on...
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On a Mission or Just Staying Awake
One of the themes I explore in my forthcoming debut novel, This is Rage, is the notion of motivation. This is a subject I hold dear, and one I focus on a great deal in the executive coaching workshop...
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