Innovation

Innovation is the life blood of the entrepreneur. Seeing current trends is a great ability but to see past the current trends is vision. Innovation cannot be planned or directed but must be part of every organization. Those who are striving to see more than what is obvious to everyone may just catch a glimpse of the next big thing!

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Steve Jobs

Nothing New

“You should pass this jobs plan right away,” the president declared over and over in his 32-minute speech, in which he eschewed his trademark soaring oratory in favor of a plainspoken appeal for action, stiffened by a few sarcastic political jabs.   President Barack Obama address to Congress    

Why must this law be passed? I find it very hard to believe that the economic situation we find our nation in can be fixed by the legislature.  We suffer from a trade deficit of $550,000,000. One billion dollars in exports is equal to 20,000 jobs!

 To widen the market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers…The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order, ought always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought never to be adopted till after having been long and carefully examined, not only with the most scrupulous, but with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men, whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public, and who accordingly have, upon many occasions, both deceived and oppressed it.

The Wealth Of Nations, Book I, (Adam Smith 1776)

Let's try this!

We the people need to have the opportunity to win!

Supply-side economics is a school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce (supply) goods and services, such as lowering income tax and capital gains tax rates, and by allowing greater flexibility by reducing regulation. According to supply-side economics, consumers will then benefit from a greater supply of goods and services at lower prices. Typical policy recommendations of supply-side economics are lower marginal tax rates and less regulation.

Commitment

The use of proven principles is the answer.  The challenge is to execute the actions that bring the desired outcomes. Words are cheap, results take commitment to high standards.

Do you know?

Much of what we perceive as successful change in our direct reports comes from an internal reaction in them. This reaction is caused by a proper stimulus.  We as leaders in an organization must become experts in understanding of our team members and know what motivates them.

Empowerment

Empowerment has become an axiom for a successful organization, but it is also an overused word that can have little meaning.  What are the implications of an empowerment program in name only? That question is foundational to understanding organizational behavior. Please look past the words and look at the program. Observe how an organization defines its self by the performance in and outside the company. Use glassdoor.com and other websites to gain insight.        

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It has been said you made your bed now lay in it. But I say IF YOU CAN, GET UP OUT OF THAT BED!