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“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming Sometimes when I visit with business leaders & individuals and the conversation turns to change, I get the [...]

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford It’s always interesting to me to think about people leaving their homes and sailing off [...]

“The talk you hear…about adapting to change is not only stupid, it’s dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. By the time you catch up to change, the competition is ahead of [...]

“If the rate of change outside your business is greater than the rate of change inside your business, then you’re out of business.” – Anonymous I was fortunate to recently be involved in some [...]

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill I recently attended a conference where I had the opportunity to interact with a [...]

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” – Sun Tzu I recently attended a workshop that included some team decision-making [...]

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” – Ben Stein I’ve been reminded on several occasions this week of a common struggle among [...]

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” – Chinese Proverb There are literally thousands of books and articles and videos and everything else out [...]

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou Last week in this space we talked about taking control of your future. We said that to get [...]

“Our own dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” – Sydney J. Harris  We might hate to admit it, but Mr. [...]