The Ministry of Common Sense is (almost) here : Jan 2021
It’s a sight to see,not a soul in the street,you walk through a town,neither smile nor a frown,they call it a flu,its not something new,so why over react,if we know how to act. Uncertainty will lead,us all to believe,that we know best,above all the rest,the world is just noise,kids throwing their toys,but the truth is we’re […]
Read MoreConsulting Success® has made ACT NOW available for free! Click here to get your copy. With quarantines, social distancing, and shuttered businesses everywhere, it’s a scary time to be a consultant, and the long-term economic impact remains unclear. Many business owners and independent contractors are just waiting with fingers crossed for the current uncertainty to […]
Read MoreClick here to order your copy of Mark Schaefer’s new book, Marketing Rebellion I often joke that most businesses are “grape lollipop” marketers. Here’s what I mean. Grape lollipops contain no grapes. They don’t taste like grapes, they don’t look like any grape I’ve ever seen. And yet, at some time in history, some candy […]
Read MoreFor more exercises on building spiritual capacity, order your copy of Elevate by Robert Glazer. If today was your last day on Earth and you could deliver a final speech to the world, what would you say? That was the question we posed to our employees at Acceleration Partners last year. It’s the key premise […]
Read MoreClick here to order your copy of Leading with Gratitude. Most business people understand that expressions of gratitude for others’ efforts can be a huge motivation and productivity booster to their teams, especially during tough times. Yet while practicing gratitude seems like it should be a no-brainer, it’s anything but common say my friends and […]
Read MoreAs Tom Peters, the twentieth-century management guru, once told me: “You only have to be five minutes ahead of time in order to predict the future.” With this in mind (and taking the view that the glass is always half full), on the heels of my three scary predictions, here come my three positive predictions […]
Read MoreChange has never happened this fast before, but it will never happen this slowly again. The reason why we humans have survived and thrived through times of profound change is our ability to adapt. As our brains have evolved through time, they’ve added several additional structures. One of these, the anterior insular cortex, is responsible […]
Read MoreOver the years, while conducting hundreds of workshops, I’ve asked participants to remember their most remarkable experience as a customer. Almost all the answers have one thing in common. They took place during a crisis. Little Peter broke his arm, and the hotel provided over-the-top service to help a vacationing family in crisis. Someone missed […]
Read MoreIf you’re old enough, you may remember that sense of anticipation before your favorite band released their newest album, the excitement before the movie you so-couldn’t wait-to-see hit the cinemas, or even — if you’re a fashionista — the seemingly endless six-month wait between the sneak peaks at the Parisian and Milanese fashion shows and […]
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