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3 Ways to LEAD Your Leader

Every now and again I get the privilege to sit with some great leaders. Some I simply observe – to see what they do and what their followers do in return. But on the rare occasion, I’ve been lucky enough to get them to slow down – to reveal the running...

Get the “Close to the Work” ReEnergizer

Most everyone wants to be a leader.  Over the course of your career, you’re groomed and goaded to “get to the top.” Because when you get there, you get to do the real stuff. You get to direct, not do.  To make all the best decisions that the yutzes...

I Didn’t Know It Was Possible

“WOW. I didn’t know it was possible,” said a Kentucky Bourbon expert – after tasting his personal bourbon…designed by our Bourbon Wizard A.I. app…and crafted by our medically precise barrel blending machine in 12 seconds. It’s not “magic” that makes the...

Innovation is Often About Things You DON’T Do

Leading innovation is about choices. The big choice to do innovation could almost be considered the easy one. Innovation is shown to make a meaningful impact on a bottom line, to a company’s return, to employee pocketbooks, and morale.  Doing the new thing isn’t...

Innovation Pain, Suffering, and Sometimes Joy!

Innovation is NOT OFTEN LOVED Innovation requires CHANGE Innovation activates organizational RESISTANCE Innovation often gets you LAUGHED AT Innovations FAIL A LOT SO WHY BOTHER? Because when it works it’s worth all the pain and suffering Last weekend Eureka! Ranch...

3 Finger Lakes’ Wineries Tell an Innovation Story

Walter Taylor of Bully Hill was a CRAZY INNOVATOR.  The most entertaining of the 3 wineries.  Walter created Bully Hill after he was fired from his family’s Taylor Wine Company in 1970.  Everything changed in 1977 when Coca-Cola bought Taylor Wine. They sued Walter to...