If you want to spark innovation in your organization and are looking for the diamond cutters stroke, consider storytelling. Since 1987, I’ve tried everything under the sun to help my clients raise the bar for innovation. What I’ve discovered is that… Continue reading
Category Archives: Time Management
HOW TO RAISE YOUR COMPANY’S CORE COMPETENCY OF INNOVATION (in 15 min. per week)
Want to boost innovation in your organization, but have precious little time to do so? Our Micro-Learning for Innovators program may be just the ticket. And the fee? Name your own price. We be walking the talk. Here’s what one of our clients says ab… Continue reading
50 Awesome Quotes on Vision
1. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
2. “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, and magic and power in it. Begin it now.” – Goethe
3. “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too h… Continue reading
EXCELLENT (Free) WEBINAR ON TEAMWORK: April 2 or 3

Click here to register for the Ignite Your Unstoppable Team webinar presented by Shane Hipps. His online Masterclass will include the following:
— The #1 ingredient to attract the best people to your team
— The best way to double your team’s productivity
— How to maximize your profit/impact with a few tweaks to your strategy
— Simple tools to mobilize others to take action
I first heard about Shane from Tim Gallwey, of the Inner Game. Shane’s coached some of the best and brightest leaders in the world, like Ije Nwokorie, a senior director at Apple, and Greg Henry, winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Go for it!
The 10 Personas of an Effective Brainstorm Facilitator
Allow me to make a wild guess. You have participated in more than a few brainstorm sessions in your life. Yes?
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THE FIRST RULE OF GOOD MEETING FACILITATION
Let’s face it. Most meetings under-deliver. The reasons are many — everything from no agenda, wrong people, sterile meeting room, poor facilitation, monologues, lack of real listening, constant interruptions, late arrivals, and no real closure. But … Continue reading
20 Awesome Quotes on Beginning
1.”Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2. “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth — not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
3. “… Continue reading
WE’RE NUMBER SEVEN!
How cool is this. I just stumbled on the Consultants500 website — an online business advisors marketplace — and discovered that Heart of Innovation (this blog) is rated the 7th best innovation blog out of 161 innovation blogs surveyed. Whoo! Whoo!
50 Awesome Quotes on Possibility
1. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – St. Francis of Assisi
2. “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll
3. “The Wright brothe… Continue reading
Storytelling & the Creative Process
This is bleeping brilliant. Not only WHAT its says, but HOW it’s presented. Two minutes on what it takes to really do creative work. Inspiring. Truthful. And in your face like a fresh arctic wind off a lake you’ve been waiting too long to sail on…










