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Autism as a gift

It’s easy to think of brain differences or disabilities as a problem, or something to overcome. What about difference as a strength? Complex problems require unique minds | Alix Generous | TEDxABQ

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Video: We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality

Very thought-provoking video.

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What do you stand for?

The best, most inspiring businesses are about something more. And it comes through when they tell there stories. Check out this beautifully-done video from The Little Potato Company to see what I mean.

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Move Authority to Where the Information Is

I’m a sucker for these white-board animations of speeches, if the speaker and content are good. David Marquet is both.

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more Story Selling

Following up on my Story Selling post: There are some standard plots Nick covers in this video: Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, Rebirth, etc

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more Smart Tribes

Following up on my Smart Tribes post: Chistine Comaford’s Feedback Frame (starts at 2:02 is this great interview video): What’s working is … What I’d like to see more of is …  

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more 2 Second Lean

Following up on my 2 Second Lean post, here is a short video Verne Harnish did with the author Paul Akers after the talk I heard Paul give in Orlando last week.

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Tony Hsieh, Inspiration vs Motivation

Are your people motivated? What about inspired? I visited the Zappos.com offices while in Las Vegas for the Growth Summit and was inspired by the culture they’ve built over the years. I’ll have a lot more to post about that

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Leader-Leader for Greatness (David Marquet)

Last spring I saw David Marquet speak at the Leadership Summit and posted a video afterwords.  His way of looking at leadership is powerful!  This video is a fun visualization of these ideas.  Take this into your next monthly leadership

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What’s your Critical Number?

I’ve received a couple of messages like this recently: Ted, on the bottom of the annual and quarterly columns on the one-page strategic plan, there’s a space for critical numbers. Could you explain that further? The concept of the critical

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