How to Get the Money Right for Innovation Investment Have you ever come across an external partner who has exactly what your organization...

The Concept/Approach Principle: Finding the Real Disconnect How many times have you tried to drive change—only to get shut down by a...

Six months ago, I was sitting watching TV and I thought how cool it would be to find a way to work with other founders to both support...

When I became a founder I was amazed at how many times I heard the question from other founders, "You're taking the leap, huh?" The...

Founders are tasked by their investors to do one and only one thing...scale. It's like having a conversation about any topic with them...

When people want help from mentors, many of their desires center around getting support with accomplishing a task better.  Whether it’s...

Working as a change agent and innovation advocate for the past 25 years, I hear time and time again how we need to all work together as a...

I was having lunch with another co-founder the other day. We have known each other for about 10 years. He is significantly younger than...

The simple answer is no. They are not the same thing. They are clearly related, but in order to really unlock the Evangelist in you,...

Why define Evangelism? If I had a dollar every time someone asked me what I do I wouldn't have to work anymore. It is aggravating to do...

When you are the representative for your company in a partnership where does you loyalty lie? It seems like a strange question, right? ...

For an innovation partnership to start, someone has to make the first move. Good ideas don't magically appear. It takes someone to have...

No one likes to innovate alone. Frankly, doing it all by yourself is boring. Sure, there have been huge innovations birthed by people...

Have you ever heard someone say, "Why are you looking into that, we know what they do already and it probably hasn't changed!" This...

There are YES people and there are NO people. If you think about how you behave when interacting with others you will quickly fall into...

Have you ever been in this situation? You are working with someone to gain agreement of what needs to be done to move forward. And by...

Have you ever been faced with creating options for a difficult solution? All of us in our business or ever personal lives run into...

Let's Define Innovation First My favorite definition of innovation was given to be me by one of my colleagues when I was in charge of our...

The best way to make this point is with a real story. I once worked for someone who drove the business from a spreadsheet. He took...

If you look up the definition of Guerrilla you will find, "a member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting,...