A WISE QUOTE FOR MONDAY MORNING

"The future is always impacting the present, impacting as an increasing & compounding cascade of grave inflection points. If survival is in the agenda, one must urgently take holistic thinking to the extremes, namely 'the truly thinkable' holistic thinking with grace, determination & thoroughly."

~ futurist Andreas Agostini (Andy);

STRATEGY GRAND TOUR

If you are new to the concept of strategy formulation, the following [though belated, but still relevant] slideshare presentation offers some quick & interesting lessons on many possible approaches:

Strategy Grand Tour

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A FUTURIST'S GUIDE TO ANTICIPATING & LEADING CHANGE

Here's a fascinating, though belated, slideshare presentation from change strategist/trend analyst Cecily Sommer of 'The Push Institute', a non-profit think tank that tracks significant global trends & their implications for business & government:

Digital Summit A Futurists Guide To Anticipating & Leading Change

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I like her provocative question:

"Why is it that, even when we know better, we don't do better?"
Her antidote is in her presentation. Enjoy & assimilate.

MAKING STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS

Here's an interesting story from Tim Hurson, author of 'Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking':

The great American inventor Thomas Edison had observed ripples on the surface of water in a glass. Of course, this was caused by sound vibrations. [Remember the same phenomenon in the 'Jurassic Park' movie?]

He then made an incredible unexpected connection while daydreaming and seeing these ripples.

He thought: If sound vibrations could make the surface of the water ripple, what would happen if he could somehow freeze these ripples? Could he reconvert them into sound?

Intrigued, he tried it first with tin, capturing the vibration of a needle and allowing it to etch into the soft metal. When he attached a megaphone to the needle that was being vibrated by these etches, he heard the sound!

The world’s first sound recording machine was born. Amazing.

A WISE QUOTE FOR MONDAY MORNING

"The objective is to not blend into the blur; the objective is to stand out from it. This is what it means to be different."

~ Youngme Moon, 'D ifferent: Escaping the Competitive Herd';

HOW TO FAIL: 25 SECRETS LEARNED THROUGH FAILURE

Wanna cut short your learning curve through the "corridor"?

Here are some interesting insights from someone who had gone through the baptism of fire.

How To Fail: 25 Secrets Learned through Failure

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10 IMMUTABLE TRUTHS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL STARTUPS

I reckon the following slideshare presentation offers some really fascinating insights, especially for those wannabes who are in search of venture capital for their entrepreneurial startups.

10 Immutable Truths of Entrepreneurship

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INNOVATION & THE FUTURE

I have found - somewhat belatedly - the following slideshare presentation entitled 'Innovation & the Future' on the net from nouve interplay.

I like one of their catchphrases:

"Things you can envision & describe can actually be built."

which they had also "backed up" with science fiction predictions that came true.

More importantly, their basic strategy approach to "Creating a need that only you can fill", plus the 9-point advisory for innovators (towards the end), are definitely worth exploring.

Innovation and the Future

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A WISE QUOTE FOR MONDAY MORNING

“Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament...

…Genius consists in a harmonious combination of elements, in which one or the other ability may predominate, but none may be in conflict with the rest.”

~ Carl Von Clausewitz, “On War”;

A WISE QUOTE FOR MONDAY MORNING

"In the face of this unprecedented challenge, the single most important quality that every CEO, banker, portfolio manager or politician should possess & display is agility."

- Tom Glocer, CEO, Thomson Reuters;

INTELLIGENT MEMORY & THE FLASH OF INSIGHT

Here's the link to an interesting & yet refreshing article from the 'strategy+business' newsletter, by William Duggan, a professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches innovation, & the author of 'Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement'.

In a nut shell, that flash of insight - the AhA moment - needs both analysis & intuition.

The author's extrapolation of the four vital steps from military general von Clausewitz is fascinating: example from history, presence of mind, flash of insight & resolution.

So, my good friend Dilip is right: ''There is no learning [now read: creativity] without memory!''

A WISE QUOTE FOR MONDAY MORNING

"Management has to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is 'Who do we intend to be?' NOT 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

- Max De Pree, Herman Miller;