If you’re on the prowl for inspiring quotes you can use for work, your book, speech, website, news report, blog, proposal, kidnap letter, or time capsule, look no further. What follows are 21 universal topics — everything from Possibility to Failure… Continue reading
Category Archives: Time Management
An Airtight Case for Giving People More Time to Be Creative
The most common complaint I hear from my clients about WHY they can’t be more creative on-the-job is the “lack of time”. Check out what happens if you give kids 10 minutes instead of 10 seconds to be creative.
In what ways can you give yourself, yo… Continue reading
WANT TO LEAD A GOOD MEETING? Begin with Facilitative Presence!
Since 1987, I have been facilitating a wide variety of high octave business meetings for just about every industry on planet earth. These meetings have been variably referred to as leadership development programs, creative thinking trainings, innovat… Continue reading
How to Foster a Creative and Sustainable Culture of Innovation
Looking for inspiration and guidance on how to make your company more conducive to innovation? Here’s some food for thought and action — Idea Champions’ ten most popular postings on the subject. Continue reading
The Top 10 Reasons Why the Top 10 Reasons Don’t Matter
1. Reason is highly over-rated.
2. If you need more data to prove your point, you’ll never have enough data to prove your point.
3. Analysis paralysis.
4. You’re going to follow your gut, anyway.
5. By the time you put your business case tog… Continue reading
The Top 10 Reasons Why the Top 10 Reasons Don’t Matter
1. Reason is highly over-rated.
2. If you need more data to prove your point, you’ll never have enough data to prove your point.
3. Analysis paralysis.
4. You’re going to follow your gut, anyway.
5. By the time you put your business case tog… Continue reading
Why You Need to Ask Why
Some years ago, there was a big problem at one of America’s most treasured monuments — the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.
Simply put, birds — in huge numbers — were pooping all over it, which made visiting the place a very unpleasant exp… Continue reading
Brainstorming vs. Braincalming
If you work in a big organization, small business, freelance, or eat cheese, there’s a good chance you’ve participated in at least a few brainstorming sessions in your life. You’ve noodled, conjured, envisioned, ideated, piggybacked, and endured over… Continue reading
A Creative Tip from Einstein
One way to do so
Idea Champions
We talk our walk
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100 Lame Excuses for Not Innovating
Do you have a great idea you want to manifest, but… er… uh… um… just can’t seem to get things rolling? Chances are good your reasons why are on the list below. No problem. Join the club. Without making yourself wrong, simply note the ones th… Continue reading









