It's not enough to have just one way of leading, you need to learn to identify and use different managements styles based on context. When it comes to leadership it doesn't matter if you manage a company with 500 employees or one where you are the only employee. In a dynamic setting several styles will be necessary and the ability to adapt is key. MORE >>

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd  Annual  International Business Model Competition , hosted by  Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. The Business Plan  ?- a roadmap for execution. And your revenue plan is something more than a hallucination.  MORE >>

A Procter & Gamble chief defends marketing cutbacks by referring to the less expensive benefits of digital marketing. Um, really? When was the last time you chose to work for free? Last time I looked, that wasn't called "work"; it was called "volunteering" (or, for college students, "interning"). That reference really gets my goat. would add, ". MORE >>

I posted not to long ago about organizations that don’t stay fit with regards to innovation. This, I said, would lead to an innovation infarction when an emergency crops up. Consider this post a “Yes+AND” as I’ve spotted a great piece by Scott Anthony that looks at that problem through a slightly different lens. Do [.]. MORE >>

A cognitive psychologist has developed a toolkit to help anyone be more inventive by shedding their preconceived ideas and thinking like a kid. Every entrepreneur is trying to do something new and better. If your business doesn't improve in some way on the other dry cleaner in town or other app in the space, then why bother starting it, right? MORE >>