A Little More Emotion?

For those who didn’t watch the Masters (or a newscast in the past 12 hours), Bubba Watson won the prestigious golf tournament yesterday.  Upon winning, he was overcome by emotion.  His mother came out onto the eighteenth green and they hugged...

Leadership According to Merlin

My wife and I have become committed fans of the Syfy network show Merlin that chronicles the early years of King Arthur of Camelot and the great wizard Merlin.  It is a fun and entertaining show and we are addicted to it. The episode this past week was...

Tornadoes and Change Management

You can’t control what happens to you.  And, you can’t control how other people react to what happens.  The only thing within your control is your reaction to what happens to you.  These words represent one of the most important lessons...

Innovation starts with "Why?"

Why?If you’ve ever lived with a three year old, you are familiar with this question.  When you are three, the world is new and everything is a mystery (and nothing is sacred).  So, when you ask a question of a grown up and you get an answer that...

Teach, Role Model or Get out of the Way

When we consider the influence of others on our learning, there are two kinds of people who are critically important to learn from: role models and teachers.  Role models are those who DO things in a way that we aspire to do them ourselves.  Sometimes we...

Corporate Fight Club

When was the last time you were passionate enough about an issue, idea or solution to fight for it?  I’m not talking passive, re-frame your argument and try again fighting but finger-waving, red-faced, raised-voices fighting (you can replace...
Jason Lauritsen