Making Resolutions That Work

  Like dinosaurs and gas-guzzling SUVs, is the traditional New Year’s Resolution rapidly becoming a thing of the past? According to a survey by Stephen Shapiro, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” In a survey of 1012 Americans, only 45% of Americans now say they write up New Years Resolutions down from 88% of Americans […]

Why Innovation?

Yes, innovation can help you develop new products. But it can also be a useful tool for helping you: recession-proof your business, reduce costs, increase service levels to customers, increase overall employee performance – and retention, and de-commoditize a commodity business.  Innovation can help your organization adapt, evolve and grow so that you don’t become […]

The Biggest Winner!

A few years back, I helped the Quill Corporation (a division of Staples) launch their innovation efforts. To introduce innovation to the employees, we kicked things off with a competition – “The Quillionaire” – based on the reality TV show, “The Apprentice.” You can read about the work we did then in an article published […]

Before You Can Multiply, You Must First Learn to Divide

While in Asia, I heard a great expression, “Before You Can Multiply, You Must First Learn to Divide.”  I now find myself using this saying nearly every day. The idea is that if you want to grow your business, you must learn to partner with others – and give them a slice.  This means you […]

7 Things You Can Do To Save Your Job… Or Create a New One

  Last night I was on “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” on CNBC.  I was there to discuss how to save your job during a down economy.  I had a number of tips prepared, but due to limited time, I was only able to give 2.  Here are my 7 “big ideas” for saving your job […]

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch

I just arrived back from Asia at 1am yesterday morning. My first stop while in the states? “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” on CNBC. In 2 hours we start taping the show that is scheduled to air tonight at 10pm. Set your TiVo. Buy your popcorn. And get ready for the fastest-paced show on […]

Picture from My Bangkok Workshop

Freedom in Bangkok

I am here in Bangkok and loving it. The people are so nice. The food is great. And the massages (legit ones!) are cheap. I check email once, maybe twice a day. And I only respond to the urgent ones (like requests from TV stations and magazines here in Bangkok who want to interview me). […]

The 30 Day Challenge

How are you doing with the 30 day challenge?  For me, the first few days were tough.  What made it even more difficult was that my hotel does not have internet access in the rooms.  So whenever I want to access email, I need to go to the hotel lobby.  I’m on day 4, and […]

CrackBerry Addiction

It has been nearly 24 hours without my BlackBerry.  It’s funny.  When dieting, all you can think about is food.  When your BlackBerry is stolen, all you can think about is your Blackberry.  How much time do we waste as individuals – and organizations – thinking about, and playing with our toys? I just read […]