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I heard from a friend that their big corporation just laid off hundreds of people. It could be from mismanagement, market downturns or simply another industrial age company ending their cash cow ride. It's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. If people don't want
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Part of living in reality is accepting all its shortcomings and inefficiencies. All the inputs you may work hard to put into a system - materials, technology, talent, management, etc. - will not work at maximum efficiency or ever be balanced. When your systems become more complex, there is going
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I got to see an unbelievable human being last night with my family, Alex Honnold. If you have not gotten to see some of his work climbing daunting mountain faces, including being the only person to free solo climb Yosemite's El Capitan simply with his shoes and a
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Here's the simple strategy for keeping you from getting washed away in the tides of innovation all around you: 1. Observe what's happening around you in your world and see what people are buying. 2. Come up with 3 ideas that get people to buy. 3.
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We are in a major election cycle and the promise of jobs keeps coming up as if the candidates can magically create jobs and fill out the shrinking middle class by decree. Ever take a look at the recent 10 Worst Companies to Work For article? Why do people hang
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There was a class of MBA students that was once asked by their professor, “What is risk?” The answers that came back were conventional: “To start a business,” and “To become an entrepreneur,” and “To invest in the stock market.” The professor let the class name several and then he