What If We Started Over?

Like many of us, I am a student of the language of ideas. How to say it in just the right way is the essence of great communication.  Without the right language it can never be more than directional.  For anything to be inspirational…language is an essential element.

Need an example?  Take a moment to read [...]

Make Vision Always On #VisionDrip

My friend Will Mancini wrote and interesting article in mid-December and challenged all of his readers to learn to drip vision.  He followed that post up with a challenge to drip vision every day.  Today Mac Lake, leadership guru/practitioner extraordinaire, entered the game with his own 5 visiondrip ideas…actually saw Mancini’s 5 and anted up [...]

Impossible Is Nothing

I love the spirit of this video.  I linked to it 3 years ago.  Still one of the most popular pages here at StrategyCentral.

Earmarks of a Dying Business

How do you know your business is dying?  Or maybe really sick?  I don’t mean the business (although it could be that).  I really mean your location.  I was thinking about this today.  Are there signs that the business you’re in is winding down, on life support, or at least will require a major overhaul [...]

The 5 Rules of a Contagious Vision Statement

Got a vision statement?  Sure you do.  Happy with it?  Probably not.  Just a guess…but it may not even be your vision statement.  Might be a slightly doctored version of another organization’s statement.  Might not even be slightly doctored…might be word for word.  Truth be told?  Been there, done that.  Want to develop your own?  [...]

A 15 Minute Listen to Start the Year

You may have already read the text of the commencement address that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford a couple years back.  It’s now available as a video from Stanford on iTunes.  You’ll see it on the top downloads.  Just 15 minutes long, but a great way to start the year.

Gotta Love Erwin

Talk about beyond relevant.  Gotta love Erwin!

What he’s saying?  It’s true for everything.  The aim isn’t joining what already is.

By the way, tripped across the Erwin McManus video over at Church Video Ideas today.  Great new site.  Not exactly what it sounds like.  Well worth checking out for the links to some of the newest [...]