Webster defines create as follows: To cause to come into existence; bring into being; originate ideas Webster’s definition of potential is:  1. That which has power; potent; 2. Possible; latent; unrealized; undeveloped Thus it follows that creative potential means: the unrealized power to cause...

Essentially leaders of innovation get paid for what isn’t. Yes, they get paid for what is not. As an executive, manager, team leader or entrepreneur, you don’t get paid for what happened in the past. You get paid for what is not - that which is not yet reality. So , as a leader of innovation,...

A Culture of Innovation in the Family Business   One of the reasons so many family businesses fail to transition from one generation to the next is they do not pay sufficient attention to innovation in their business, industry and marketplace. Although innovation drives the early years of the family...

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...

There is a common misconception that innovation consists primarily of an inspirational event where the idea or concept is created followed by the perspiration necessary to implement the idea in the marketplace. In reality, bringing a successful new product or process to market requires a sequence of...

Values are enduring beliefs that help us determine what we seek in life and guide our behavior on a day-to-day basis.   Individuals and organizations operate on a set of core values whether they are implicit or explicit. These values touch every aspect of work, shaping people’s experience and...

What is this power? Do we all have it? Thought creates. Thought is causal, causative. Thought is the originator of everything that is brought into being, the starting point of every new creation. This is a profound fact and a demonstrable one. Mind is the realm of causes. Effects flow from causes, not...

Balance has more to do with the words “both” and “blending” than with the words “either”/”or.” Competitiveness, unrealistic responsibilities, over structured lives, congestion - these all don’t make us unbalanced; only we can do that to ourselves....

The future we see is colored by our personal theory of how the future is shaped. There are several popular future theories. One theory of the future is the Garden Hose Theory. Picture yourself with your eye to the end of a hosepipe and someone “out there” has turned on the tap. It’s just a matter...