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Strategy

Normalcy Bias and You

If you aren't familiar with the term "normalcy bias", here's a quick definition: Normalcy bias is...the phenomenon of disbelieving one's situation when

Jun 3, 2015 · 5 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Palo Duro Canyon Landscape

Palo Duro Canyon Landscape - Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 17-40L handheld.

May 29, 2015 · 1 min read
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Featured

Innovation needs process change

Jeffrey Philips currently wrote a nice piece titled "Innovate your processes before innovating your products" over on his excellent Innovate on Purpose

May 26, 2015 · 3 min read
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Thinking

The most critical skill?

I'm an avid reader. I tend to read a few books at a time (I read one depending on my 'mood' at the time). The other day, I was scrolling through the

May 19, 2015 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Tent Rocks Slot Canyon Part 3

Yet another photo from our trip to the Tent Rocks Slot Canyon in the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II with Canon

May 15, 2015 · 1 min read
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Leadership

...and then what?

I just finished reading a great article titled "The Most Important Question You Can Ask: Then What?" In the article, the author writes: The great art of

May 6, 2015 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Towhee at the Water Fountain

While visiting the Palo Duro Canyon in near Amarillo TX, we found a nice little secluded bird blind.  After sitting there a few minutes, this Towhee

May 1, 2015 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

Humanizing Big Data – A Book Review

I received a review copy of Humanizing Big Data by Colin Strong a few weeks ago. The subtitle to the book is "Marketing at the meeting of Data, Social

Apr 28, 2015 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Tent Rocks Slot Canyon (again)

Another Tent Rocks Slot Canyon photo..  Captured with Canon 7D Mark II with Canon 17-40L handheld.

Apr 24, 2015 · 1 min read
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Featured

Making Theory Meet Practice

This won't surprise many people (at least I hope it doesn't)...there is a huge difference between "theory" and "practice". I'm an academic AND and

Apr 23, 2015 · 4 min read
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Featured

Maintaining the Delicate Balancing Act as CIO

I just ran across an article titled "The CIO balancing act: agility, innovation, cost savings" over on The Enterprisers Project. If you haven't stumbled

Apr 15, 2015 · 3 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Tent Rocks Slot Canyon Wall

A capture of one of the walls of the Tent Rocks Slot Canyon. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 17-40L handheld.

Apr 10, 2015 · 1 min read
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Featured

Beware the Strategy Trap(s)

A nice short post over on Farnam Street today highlights the various traps that people and companies can find themselves in when they begin looking at

Apr 9, 2015 · 3 min read
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Innovation

"Digital" Transformation

Without proper change management, any transformation you undertake is doomed to failure.

Apr 6, 2015 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Titmouse Bathing

Captured this Titmouse taking a bath while touring Palo Duro Canyon in Texas.  Captured with Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 100-400 L Mark II handheld.

Mar 27, 2015 · 1 min read