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How to Make Your Business Work Like The US Navy SEALS!

Posted by David Brown
/ March 9, 2012 / Leave a comment

What do values have to do with performance? Consider this three year study by Harvard business professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In examining 350 major corporations throughout the world she found that companies that embrace values have a unique competitive advantage. They act with more rapidity and creativity when true to...
A Life To Die For

Posted by David Brown
/ February 6, 2012 / Leave a comment

A few blog posts ago I wrote about purpose and how it influences what we do and what we create. I included writing an obituary as a way of declaring the purpose you want to live into before you die. A way of creating a designed life. I once...
If You Can’t Be Wrong You’ll Never Get It Right!

Posted by David Brown
/ January 23, 2012 / Leave a comment

I just read an article called the The Bright Side Of Wrong and it should not have surprised me that it was written by Kathryn Schultz, who I’m beginning to see has made the study of being wrong a focus of her work. This is the same Kathryn Schultz in...
How to Die On Purpose (You’ll be glad you did!)

Posted by David Brown
/ January 2, 2012 / Leave a comment

Can you tell when someone is “on purpose?” Does it really matter what they stand for? Think of an insincere apology. Most of us know when we are on the receiving end of one, regardless of what is actually said. Similarly when we do business, we can tell immediately if...
The Honor I Wish I Didn’t Have: A Gift For The Season, and Beyond

Posted by David Brown
/ December 14, 2011 / Leave a comment

As a child I studied the piano. In 11th grade, I practiced all year for the opportunity to participate in my school’s talent show, a highly anticipated event. On the day of the talent show, the phone rang. It was my piano teacher. She called to tell me that one...
We Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Values

Posted by David Brown
/ November 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

Bringing up the notion of values, and more importantly, core values, is always an interesting conversation with clients. I hear a whole range of comments from c-suite executives. What do values have to do with running a business? We did that already at an offsite and it was fun while...
When Change For A Quarter Is Priceless!

Posted by David Brown
/ October 25, 2011 / Leave a comment

In business-speak we just entered the fourth quarter (Q4) of the year. It’s the holiday season in America, with Halloween rolling into Thanksgiving and colliding with Christmas. The marketing onslaught starts working people into a frenzy with people bemoaning that “the holidays seem to be coming sooner every year.” People...
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Posted by David Brown
/ October 10, 2011 / Leave a comment

I was pondering a few topics that have been coming up recently regarding leadership, but yesterday one of the greatest leaders of our time, Steve Jobs, passed away. My partner sent me this from Apple and I wanted to share it: “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels....
Authenticity: The New Competitive Advantage!

Posted by David Brown
/ September 27, 2011 / Leave a comment

The topics of authenticity and why people do what they do have been coming up a lot lately in both my personal and professional lives. From threads on LinkedIn to an art walk at my local museum, I’ve been noticing a variety of perspectives on this. All have validity. But...
The Day My Son Schooled Me!

Posted by David Brown
/ September 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

My 25 year old son Dylan is a new teacher.This first opportunity is with adult education and I was quite impressed with the leadership skills this young man mustered to meet the demands of this unusually challenging position. It’s a program geared for students completing GED’s and needing experience with job...