10/20/09
The big idea is elusive, at best, and can take years to develop. So, the best organizations develop a consistent pattern of small gains and progress while they’re looking for the big idea. This is the key to progress. More...
10/15/09
Entrepreneurship is not about big ideas or flamboyant personalities – It’s about managing risk successfully. More...
10/01/09
By Andrew Olendzki
Published: Insight Journal in Summer 2007
http://www.dharma.org/ij/documents/MakingtheBestofIt.pdf
Editor's Note: Yes, it's a little heavy, this "mind stuff," but Olendzki does a better job than most explaining why meditation works for lightening speed minds like mine. A friend once told me, "Timmy, you, and most of us, have 21st century minds operating inside 19th century bodies." The dissonance caused by the sheer amount of distractions in our modern world causes way more delusion than any of us are willing to admit, in my view. I've often wondered how we could have tens of thousands of fitness centers for our bodies and none for our minds. ☺ More...
10/01/09
October Song: Where Have All the Flowers Gone
Artist: The Kingston Trio More...
10/01/09
Editor's Note: I shared this article with our foundation's board last week because Thomas Siebel's success is the kind I strive for. Siebel decided that money doesn't solve social problems, thinking outside the box does. His story and the author's broadening of the concept to "catalytic philanthropy" makes me very hopeful that our little experiment will work. That is, that applying creative business strategies and disciplines to social problems may work. A deep bow to Messrs. Siebel and Kramer. More...
10/01/09
The Power of Ethical Management
by Norman V. Peale & Ken Blanchard More...
10/01/09
Social issues such as homelessness are complex and chronic and since they have not been solved using traditional means, innovative and measured new approaches, such as “Housing First” are worth trying. More...
10/01/09
By Rossiter Worthington Raymond More...
