You’ve been slaving away on the workbench at your product, your service, and your business plan. You’ve laboured late into the night, putting all your relationships on hold, and trying to ignore the no-nothings who freely offer advice on how you should do it.
That’s because you have a GREAT IDEA for a business.
You have this fantastic, whizz-bang, product or service that’s... 
Most companies believe they have a pretty good handle on what their businesses are and what they do. But in today’s world, that belief might be a little shaky and out of date.
Do you know what business you’re REALLY in?
Most professional service providers believe they do. It’s accountancy, or consulting, or marketing or one of dozens of other service... 
I have just received an advance copy of Michael Michalko’s new book Creative Thinkering and, not surprisingly, it got me thinking.
Not just in a creative way, but about creativity and its place in business generally.
Now, most professional service providers don’t think a lot about creativity, unless their business demands it (in advertising, for example). They tend to... 
While there’s been much noise about the demise of the press recently, the truth is that there’s more media around than ever. The big difference is that the “press” has changed considerably over the last five years – it’s now gone electronic, has wider distribution than ever, and includes other media outlets like blogs, online news operations, Facebook and ... 
When you reinvented yourself or your business, you were an innovator. You may have stopped there. So get back into it by exploring new ideas.
Anyone who has reinvented themselves — or is in the process — is familiar with some aspects of innovation. Reinvention is a subset of innovation in that you look at something and decide to do it in a different way,... 