CREATIVITY - generating new and useful ideas “Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility. Effective leaders are able to...

COLLABORATION - working together for a common purpose  “When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”  Ethiopian Proverb  “What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not...

Andrew Papageorge Interview By William Zanker, Founder and President of The Learning Annex As a business owner myself, I know how difficult it can be to grow an organization. The creative ideas sound easy on paper, but the execution doesn’t always work out. I transformed The Learning Annex from...

In the Olympics, athletes must meet an ever-increasing performance level to simply compete. An athlete might break a current world record and still finish fourth. Winning is not a finite challenge, it is a relative one. The same holds true for innovation. An organization’s reaction time and capabilities...

Now apply the following criteria to determine if you can make a persuasive case for the innovation. 1. Compelling  Do you have a clear purpose and vision?  What will happen if you do not innovate? 2. Credible  Is your innovation based on solid data?  Do you have historical...

The Digital Stage is changing into a Social Stage. Through the Internet people all over the world (and in your market) are able to connect and collaborate. Instead of homogenization (from all having access to the same data), we are seeing more differentiation than ever before.  All because of innovative...

Joseph Bohm (December 20, 1917 – October 27, 1992) was an American-born quantum physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to the Manhattan Project. Jiddu Krishnamurti (May 12, 1895–February 17, 1986) was a well known writer...

Can employees 250 miles away monitor security on over 30 wireless cameras?  They are doing just that at the Grand Canyon’s glass skywalk.  Remotely located over the the pristine western rim, nobody lives anywhere close.  Plus, the skywalk is all about the view and the breathtaking experience. ...