Category: Company Culture

Apr 10, 2022
That One Thing? Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. I call it “W-A-C-K!”

Having spent a lot of time in my life hiking and backpacking I learned early on that you must get “comfortable being uncomfortable” and then the real fun and adventure can start. So many of us (me included) are used to comfort and an easiness that makes us avoid any level of uncertainty and “discomfort”. […]

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Feb 15, 2017
Why Can’t Most Leaders Admit They Have Much To Learn As Tom Brady STILL Does?

If you made it to the top by being strong, decisive and to have never shown weakness how can you now admit that you have much to learn? That you need help finding the right answers? Folks – the system and your current and past companies likely failed you and your organization. Why are CMOs […]

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Aug 25, 2016
How To Overcome Inertia

By: Doug Hall, CEO and Founder, Eureka! Ranch Sir Isaac Newton’s first law shows that when all the forces acting upon an object or idea are balanced then the acceleration of that object will be ZERO. Objects or ideas at equilibrium will not change. Newton’s second law teaches us that Force = Mass times Acceleration. […]

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Feb 16, 2016
How Millennials Are Making Me A MUCH Smarter Innovator

As a System Driven Innovator I am on a relentless personal quest for ways to get smarter.    This past week I have had two experiences where Millennials made me smarter – and in the process shifted my mindset on how to amplify by customer insight mining effectiveness. Experience 1:  Baby Boomer InterAct Session:   InterAct is an Innovation Engineering system of gaining feedback from […]

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Oct 23, 2015
Confront Reality By Running A FREE Employee Survey On Innovation

I know the conventional wisdom of leaders today is “I know my workers”. Yet- it is incredibly different from what we find as we work with companies. It turns out- bosses are not as close to the workers as they would believe. Are you a leader who is frustrated because you cannot understand why your […]

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Oct 05, 2015
INNOVATION – Whose Job Is It?

When you start in a new job you quickly learn the boundaries. You learn them from fellow employees and your boss. The boundaries are set based on the beliefs of the functional department you work in. In most cases the foundation for these boundaries were first established when you were studying at college – finance […]

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Jul 16, 2015
Unlocking The Power Of Employee Driven Innovation

Scientific Research Finds the Secret to Unlocking the Power of Employee Driven Innovation Did I get your attention? It wasn’t a gimmick to get you to click! Here’s the facts. Add up the value of all your LEAN, 6 Sigma and Innovation Engineering cost savings projects then multiply times 4 – that is the increase […]

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