There are three very important ways to shift the mood and inspire people within your organization: Create purposeful disruptions Ask provocative questions and make bold statements Make physical

Do your people look for the answer or form their top one hundred ideas on any given objective? When is the last time you sought out tangential and abstract inspiration?

Avoid the High Cost of Unchallenged Assumptions

Do people have to preface questions with the statement “OK. Now for the dumb question…”?

3. Find your passion:

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Change Your Perspective to Open Your Mind

What title would capture the essence of who you are and the value you deliver to your organization? Come up with a title that expresses that idea—not what you do, but who you are—and then be that every second of every day.

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