Marketing/management and Sales Expert, Mark Stevens is the bestselling author of “Your Marketing Sucks” and the CEO of MSCO, a global marketing firm. Stevens delivers more than 40 speeches annually and is a regularly featured media commentator, lending his insights and opinions on marketing on...

David Hauser is Co-Founder & CTO of Grasshopper – the virtual phone system designed for to Empower Entrepreneurs and make running a small business easier than ever. David oversees the strategic direction and operations of Grasshopper and serves as the company’s technology visionary. Some Career...

We are frequently asked if project management techniques are the same for innovations as for other, more tactical projects. The answer is both yes and no. Yes, you need to break the project down into the pieces and determine when each piece can or will be done. Yes, you need to assign the work to specific...

Ever been in a situation where someone had an idea and everyone jumped on it?  We are predisposed toward action and are often eager to implement a good idea to solve a nagging problem.  So what’s wrong with that?  An idea when “popped out” and not challenged may or may not actually be the best...

Shaun Kennedy Collaboration and Organizational Excellence are the keys this innovation leader uses to keep his team and his company “worldclass.” Being naturally curios is a competency that has served Shaun Kennedy well. Shaun is in charge of Research and Development for The Infineum Group of Companies,...

You want to play in the realm of difference making? Then you need to be willing to take a stand, not with a prediction, but rather with a declaration. It is your natural right. We all can do it. It means you will be taking a risk and going beyond what is familiar and comfortable. Allow me to make a...

The Secretary of the Treasury came up with a plan to avert a national economic crisis.  The president endorsed it and asserted that it must be adopted immediately.  Some Members of Congress objected, some because they did not like the plan and some because they had ideas that had not been considered....

As business leaders know - competition is out there. But do we always really know just exactly who or what our true competition is. In “The Contrarian Effect” by Michael Port and Elizabeth Marshall an interesting example is shared: By offering low-cost fares, frequent flights, and fast, friendly...

The industrial era came replete with efficiency. Henry Ford would give you a car in any color as long as it was black!  Even today, our automobile choices are limited to “packages” of options.  We so often think in terms of our own efficiency that our customers, while perhaps satisfied, fail to...