Michael Frayn: Two Heisenberg Speeches from Copenhagen
Two speeches by Werner Heisenberg from the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. The first is a clever description of the uncertainty principle and the second explores the horrors of war.
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Eliza Calvert Hall: Piecing a Quilt is Like Living a Life
An excerpt from “Aunt Jane of Kentucky” by Eliza Calvert Hall that explores piecing a quilt as a metaphor for making the most of your life.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2021
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2021, theme this month is going deep to find ground truth and a solid foundation to build on.
Cultivating Luck in Business Endeavors and Relationships
Brendan McAdams and Sean Murphy discuss cultivating luck in business endeavors and relationships.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in November 2021
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in November 2021, theme this month is gratitude and counting your blessings.
Thanksgiving 2021: The Road Goes On
Thoughts of gratitude on Thanksgiving 2021: the road goes on and we follow in the path of those who came before us, building on their accomplishments and insights.
Howard Dernehl: Awareness and Perceiving Without Bias
Howard Dernehl documents common perceptual biases and offers suggestions for how to cultivate awareness and perceiving without bias.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in October 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in October of 2021, theme this month is self-improvement and raising the floor of your capabilities.
Lean Canvas Marketing
Lean Canvas Marketing is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Canvas – Marketing session, Ed Ipser shares how to identify your own early adopters, unique value proposition, and marketing …
How We Picked Our Tagline “Early Customers and Early Revenue”
In Ed Ipser’s recent Lean Canvas workshop I shared how we picked our tagline “early customers and early revenue.”
xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals
xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals What follows is a quick look at xMentium’s current positioning and some lessons I have learned from their realization of the customer’s true need–or at least the need that emerged once you have contracts under revision control in a searchable repository. SKMurphy has been an advisor since February …
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in September 2021
Quotes for Entrepreneurs curated in September 2021, theme this month is managing doubt and discomfort, leveraging surprise.
9-11 Twenty Years Later: An American Cultural Watershed
I have blogged about 9-11 14 times, starting with Lesser Sons of Greater Fathers in 2008. 9-11 is an American cultural watershed as transformative an event as Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, and the Moon landing.
Three Insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One”
This post explores three insights from Dr. Edward Baker’s “Scoring a Whole in One.” First, individuals must understand the enterprise context they operate in; second, leaders must serve and connect; and third, practice is necessary for improvement but does not lead to perfection.
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in August 2021
Quotes for entrepreneurs curated in August of 2021. Theme is entrepreneurial aikido: how to transmute critiques of your offering and business model from prospects and competitors into improvements.
3D Negotiation: Pricing for Early Customers
Pricing for early customers must compensate them for the risks of adopting early. Startups need revenue, references, and case studies
Robert de Neve: Mechatronics is key differentiator products in the 2020’s
Robert de Neve offered an interesting prediction in his Aug-11-2021 briefing on the 4th Industrial Revolution: your ability to win in your market space will depend on your ability to add mechatronics design to your repertoire.
Tom Tugendhat on the Value of Patience
In an Aug-18-2021 speech to House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat emphasizes the need for patience and persistence to achieve peace.
4th Industrial Revolution Insights by Robert de Neve on August 11, 2021
Video and notes from a fantastic talk by Robert De Neve on “Reality-Based Business Leadership for the 4th Industrial Revolution” at the Aug-11-2021 Lean Culture Meetup.
Peer Advisory Group: Digital Health Consultants and Materials Science Engineers
Digital health and materials science engineering are driving significant new opportunities. We have a new peer advisory group for consultants operating in these areas.