How Do We Identify Good Ideas?
I’ve always been fascinated by the failures of genius. Consider Bob Dylan. How did the same songwriter who produced Blood on the Tracks...
I’ve always been fascinated by the failures of genius. Consider Bob Dylan. How did the same songwriter who produced Blood on the Tracks...
Everyone from Fortune 500 companies to the corner coffee shop has realized that word-of-mouth helps things become popular – in fact, it’s up to 30...
Of the 21 strategies that I identify, that we can use to make or break our habits, the Strategy of Reward was one of the most difficult for me to understand...
There is a lot of hype and buzz around business intelligence. Companies are investing millions of dollars in business intelligence...
Every customer interaction is an opportunity to not just make a customer happy but to create a moment worth talking about. Kick your usual...
When I started G Adventures in 1990, the travel industry looked quite different than it does now. “Packaged” experiences were the norm and travel...
Here’s the standard social media cycle: 1. Get outrageously excited about social. 2. Rush into a social strategy headlong. 3. Lots of tweeting, facebooking...
In the course of my work as a leadership advisor, I work with all kinds of leaders tasked with all kinds of responsibilities and challenges...
We humans are social animals that inhabit varied environments. Each social event where we might aspire to lead is therefore bound to be highly situational, and to this point...
“Can you come speak to an old friend?” aka CODE RED As those of you who’ve read How to Wow know, I was a mad, crazy fan of The West Wing. If you were...
Hint: It should be you. Why do so many strategies fail? The examples are almost endless: In the past months alone we've seen the sad stories unfold at Kodak...
Have you ever seen one of Frank Gehry’s buildings? They catch your eyes with their unusual contours and their unique materials. Gehry has been dubbed by...