Absolutely. It’s a way for our brain to seek out an opportunity to achieve the same behaviour with less energy expenditure and less thought...

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. The answer is both, but it depends. Bottom-up approaches work...

We all have an image in our mind's eye of the perfect time and space to do our creative work. An amazing studio overlooking the ocean with the...

Change is constant. Businesses grow, or shrink. And we all evolve. So you have two choices: You can sit and watch the transformation happen, or you can be...

You are alive today.  You were alive yesterday.  You were alive the day before that. This is good news from a survival perspective...  

A few years ago we were asked to conduct a workshop at Crothall Healthcare. With thirty thousand employees, this is one of the largest and...

When you reach for your cell phone, though you are unprovoked by a beep or a hum, you are a slave of biology, and of our modern-day dependency on...

For eleven years now, since retiring from the FBI, I have been working with business executives from all over the world. My principal objective...

Building an effective cohesive team is extremely hard. But it is also simple. What I mean is that teamwork doesn’t require great intellectual insights...

In many ways, the whole idea behind Leading Without a Title is the democratization of leadership. Yes, positions are important to the smooth running...

In the same way China approached its preparations for the Beijing Olympics, businesses have fully detailed each sensory impression a product...

At a recent The Art of Marketing event in Toronto, I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with luminaries like Martin Lindstrom (author of...

“Can you come speak to an old friend?” aka CODE RED As those of you who’ve read How to Wow know, I was a mad, crazy fan of The West Wing. If you were...

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex ...

Instead of developing products in the west and bringing them to emerging markets, brands should do just the opposite, argues Vijay...