The Kinetic Entrepreneur

The Kinetic Entrepreneur

In archi­tec­ture, the most overused word today seems to be “icon­ic”. In busi­ness, the word is “entre­pre­neur”. That’s not sim­ply because a Google search of the word yields 217 mil­lion results. The word is used much too loose­ly. I have heard the word...

Mangled By Attention Spangles

Many today do not have an extensive attention span. Instead, they have “attention spangles”. Their attention span is as small as a sequin, sometimes glittering with brilliance but, in the main, only a brief reflection of someone else’s intellectual...

Focus-not-us Is A New Problem

Are you suffering from focus-not-us? Hocus-pocus happens when words are used in a meaningless way, usually as part of a trick. “Focus-not-us” is my own phrase for a phenomenon I have observed in the reading and thinking habits of many students, associates...

The Ambidextrous Leader

People think differently. But how is it that entrepreneurs think differently? For, if we totally understood that — and could teach the approach — we should be able to develop more entrepreneurs. Here’s an ultra-quick briefing on what we know....

Extinction Is Forever

While it’s easy to find news about the top leaders of most countries, those who are at the top of businesses rarely make news unless it’s about a company breakthrough or the opposite, a company scandal. Yet there are thousands of CEOs around the world, who...