In 1999, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek blues song about email.

My purpose was to poke fun at some of the email madness going on at that time. (If you want to give a listen, click the link above. If you keep listening, you will hear an excerpt from Pre… Continue reading →

50 quotes on the power of ideas
Let us scare you
Scare yourselves
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This is wonderful. Enjoy it! BTW, in the spirit of what Ken Burns is talking about, I am writing a book of modern day business “sufi stories”. Here’s a sneak preview:

Martial Arts of the Mind
Big Blues from the Viagra People
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If you enjoy reading this blog, please accept my invitation to check out the our new website — newly renovated, rejuvenated, reorganized, clarified, and simplified. Here are some links, from the site, to whet your appetite: Continue reading →

If there is person in your life who is on the cusp of a breakthrough, big idea, or simply struggling to figure something out, there is one thing you can do that will be supremely helpful. It has nothing to do with your good ideas, insights, or intuit… Continue reading →

OK. I know you don’t have 34 minutes to listen to this podcast. Of course you don’t have 34 minutes. Do you know ANYONE not in traction or jail who has 34 minutes? But you might have three minutes, yes? Three minutes to listen to my stellar response … Continue reading →

A big thank you to guest blogger, Val Vadeboncoeur, Idea Champions Director of Training, for this inspiring post from the world of classical conducting.

In March, 2011, the editors of BBC Magazine asked 100 of the world’s finest orchestra conductors… Continue reading →

If you have received any value, in 2014, from the postings in this blog, please consider casting your vote, today, for Mitch Ditkoff, the primary author of The Heart of Innovation — now in the running for “Best Innovation Blogger of the Year.” All … Continue reading →

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If you are interested in the relationship between storytelling and business, you might like this just released 34-minute podcast — Innovation Engine interviewing Idea Champions’ co-founder and President, Mitch Ditkoff.

Like the poet Muriel Rukyser … Continue reading →