‘Thinking Things Through’ Archives
Essentialism — A Rational Response to Irrational Times
When the financial environment goes through a sudden and radical change, every person and every enterprise will go through an urgent rethinking, since anything and everything about the future that we once had reasonable expectations about is now open to question. Since the nature of a massive degraded environmental change is so complete and [...]
The Age of Reason Returns. Okay, Now Remind us How That Works
“Whether it’s the science to slow global warming; the technology to protect our troops and confront bioterror and weapons of mass destruction; the research to find life-saving cures; or the innovations to remake our industries and create twenty-first century jobs – today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a [...]
A New Definition of Value and a Revolution in Price Theory
This is from a speech I gave in Marin, California in May, 2008 to the Bay Area Consultants Network and also had recorded on video for use by my speaker's bureau, The Bright Sight Group. The material is from a new book I'm working on, currently titled, Value — The Worth of Everything Including You. In the course of my work to help my [...]
Shortermism and the Innovation Economy
Frontpaged in the NY Times today in an article by William J. Broad and Cornelia Dean is a comparison of the two presidential candidates' plans for renewing the United States as an innovation economy. Assuming that Obama will win the election, I think it is safe to say that America will return to a deep and long term investment in science [...]
Krugman Makes Distinction, Wins Nobel
Congratulations to Paul Krugman on his Nobel Prize, honoring him for work begun when he was in his young twenties. A client, Thomas Signer, also an economist, sent me a note the morning of the announcement. Mr. Signer has been previewing The Genius Machine and is a big fan of the notion that thinking is all about making new distinctions. He [...]
A Taste of The Genius Machine
Google rang me up this morning and told me I was showing up on Say Keng Lee's blog at http://optimumperformancetechnologies.blogspot.com. I tried to find a way to contact him on his blog but either I've developed a blind-spot for contact info or Say Keng is policing his inbox. I was pleased he found me since he said he's looking forward to Think [...]
Krugman Gets Kindle (completely backwards)
Today's Krugman opinion piece in the N.Y. Times finds the distinguished economist pondering the implications of the Kindle, Amazon's book reader. Krugman suggests that the arrival of the Kindle means that book authors will need to follow the path blazed by the Grateful Dead: give away your core intellectual property (your music, your mind) and [...]
The Thought Part of Thought Leadership
Should Everyone Be a Thought Leader? Twenty years ago when Thought Leaders Intl. started working full time helping business leaders get published successfully, the notion of thought leadership as a competitive advantage was just getting going. People who were identified as thought leaders, at that time, were considered to be the best and the [...]
The Steps of Endleofon
I am hard at work smithing my new book How to Think Like a Genius which will be published this coming Winter by New World Publishing. I'd like to share the eleven steps of the Endleofon with you here, and over time we'll be discussing various aspects of each of these steps. Thinking like a genius means creating solutions or developing new thinking [...]
Our Forthcoming Book
We have concluded our agreement with New World Library to publish The Genius Machine — The 11 Steps That Turn Raw Ideas Into Brilliance, which will be on sale May, 2009. The book will explore the Endleofon process, and is intended to be useful for everyone trying to find the best solutions to whatever their challenges, from business strategy and [...]
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