How can we make habits #FutureProof? I’ve been thinking a lot about habits over the past few months. This is probably because we’ve all had to change so many of them and then create new ones to adapt to life…
I first wrote about the importance of a Business Continuity plan in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, but as we encounter new challenges like COVID-19, we need to constantly monitor and update. While we can’t plan for every…
Your company’s culture is not what you write down on your website or even in your Mission, Vision & Values statements. It’s how you put those words into action. Stakeholders (employees, clients, partners) tune out what is said, especially if…
In an era of unprecedented challenges, with no precedent upon which you can rely, leadership and decision making become exponentially more difficult. This is why successful, sustainable, growth-oriented companies create strong mission, vision and values (MVV) statements. Timeless, forward thinking…
I was always a big fan of Dan and Chip Heath’s book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (2007). It’s one of the few that has remained in my library and not been donated (although it’s…
For the past 8 years, I have been tracking trends that would affect business as we know it. Generally I was focused on a decade or two in the future, but with COVID19 acting as an accelerant, the future is…
It’s been about 10 years since I’ve written a book review. Back then I used to review books for Entrepreneur.com. Now seems like a great time to restart as I have a long reading list of books relevant to the future…
COVID-19 has been an accelerant for both the future of work and economic upheaval. We’ve had to adjust to a world that should have been at least 10 years in the making. Instead it’s happening all at once. But what…