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Lessons For Your Bucket List
In the last few weeks we lost some well know people that created 'buckets lists.' Their lists were much larger and broader than just for themselves. Each of them touched me personally in some way. Each of them left a legacy that reminds us each of us can be the 'best...
6 Lessons From Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert, Chicago movie critic, author, icon, Pulitzer prize winner, was laid to rest yesterday.We all knew Roger through his words, insights, books, and television show. He had a profound influence on movies, politics, culture, life, and health. I worked with...
What We Can Learn From Hotdogs
Chicago is known for it's hot dogs with mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers, pickles, and celery salt (never ketchup) Dallas dogs include only chili and shredded cheddar cheese. And Philly builds them the way you like it. Even the hot dog, as we know it, is the...
Change Management Video Montage
Here's a little Tuesday morning fun. Enjoy this little video about change and why it is so important in business & in life. *Video compliments of InfoComm Live
Stop What Doesn’t Work
Like many of us I have experienced some difficult times due to the economic challenges. I sat down with myself and asked my favorite question: “What are you going to do differently tomorrow that will get you better results than yesterday?” I came up with four ‘shifts’...
Change Happens! And That’s a Lot of Shift.
Innovation is disruptive. It’s about change and many people don’t like change. Innovation is the quickest, most effective, and most lucrative path to inovation is disruptive. It’s about change and many people don’t like change. For the majority of businesses, real...
The Need for Innovation Video
Here's a little clip from a recent presentation I did for InfoComm Live. Just thought I'd share a couple soundbites. Enjoy! "What drives innovation is a theme and a signal of how the world is changing." "Don't let what you THINK you know get in the way of what you...
TSA to the Point
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced last week that U.S. airline passengers would soon be allowed to carry small knives--2.36”--in their carry-on bags. No box cutters but 2.36” blades that do not lock? Come on? Are they going to measure each...
How to Make A Complaint
As we focus on the April 15th dealing to file taxes would like to suggest you also review all of your bills from the phone company, Internet provider, cable, mortgage, and credit cards, etc. During the last month I have discovered over $900 in billing errors in credit...
Plane Truth: How you think is everything
The ‘plane truth’ is that the merger of American and US Airways will be the biggest airline in the world. Problem is not its size but its ability to gather information, find uses for existing resources, and retain passenger loyalty. American and US Airways must look...
Learn from a “Poop Deck” Situation
Over 4,000 passengers are still stuck on the Carnival Triumph which should be docking shortly. It's already being called the "poop deck" on social media due to less than sanitary conditions aboard. Carnival Cruise Lines had already stated passengers would receive a...
Dazzle Your Customers on Valentine’s Day
Just like Valentine’s day should be everyday, you need to focus on your customer, just like you were dating. Any date starts with a raised level of expectations. No one goes out just to “kill time.” A reason always exists. Whether you want to dazzle your date or...
Webinar: Innovate, Investigate, Accelerate: Why Organizations Need More Innovation
Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST As the global marketplace becomes increasingly competitive and customer demand for new and frequently updated products and services continues to grow, the need for innovation has never been clearer. There is more...
12 Steps to Create an Innovation Culture
There are lots of challenges to creating a culture of innovation. Innovation is a product of discomfort but culture eats innovation strategy for breakfast. In other words, corporate culture is more powerful than any individual strategy. We must challenge and change...
10 Ways to Shift Your Incentive Business
It’s time to ‘shift’ your thinking and create your ‘bucket list’ No incentive or meeting company, no matter how smart and ambitious its leaders, will continue to grow as long as its strategy is based on out modeled business principles. I call this process 3D Thinking....
Wine & Chocolate – A Marriage Made in Heaven
When I'm not working, I like to relax by cooking. I have been collecting wine for decades. I learned and experimented to combine food and wine so that the gastronomical experience was a ‘marriage.’ Most recently I became somewhat of a chocolatier. The process is...
12 Shifts of Christmas
Last week I spent day learning about Oracle Data Storage and another day with Google learning about their new Big Query search engine. One of the tech industry’s longest-tenured paradigms—enterprise applications running on fairly generic hardware—is cracking under an...
Customer Service is not a Department
True innovation, as well as customer service, comes from collaboration. It's not a department but a culture. While the results are unpredictable no company, dealing with the public, can ignore the shift in innovation and customer service in our country. The shift has...
Elect to Make Shift Happen in Your Life
Now that the election is over we need to move on with rebuilding our economy and, in many cases, our lives. We must create an action plan with a whole new level of effectiveness for our families, our business, and ourselves. Vote for your own future. Vote for a...
Doctor Travel’s Prescription for Holiday Travel
It’s the time of year when many of us are planning our holiday trips or vacations. So I thought I would provide some updated tips from my travel book, Doctor Travel’s Cure For The Common Trip. While the book was written a few years ago, much of the advice is still...
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