VALUES ARE THE KEY TO BUILDING VALUE

In a previous post I covered highlights from the outstanding line-up of thought leaders who spoke at The World Business Forum, 2009. (Concern and Contrast at The World Business Forum) One of the big observations that came out of the conference concerned an enlightened view of profit that encompasses [...]

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A potpourri of international CEOs, a Nobel prize winner, management visionary and Bill Clinton.
The bloggers hub got off to a slow start the morning of day 2 due in part to a tasty and lively bloggers dinner the night before. Nevertheless, we were treated to another action packed day capped off by an address by [...]

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The sky is falling….maybe
The beginning of the afternoon at the World Business Forum can best be summed up as a sobering barrage of the pitfalls, perils, and problems ahead of us. David Rubenstein, founder of the Carlyle Group, the world’s largest private equity firm, presented a non-stop litany of facts to drive home his admonition [...]

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Sitting in the front row in the Bloggers Hub at The World Business Forum. Wired, ready to go and surrounded by 50 of the best bloggers on the planet. A bit intimidating. These are some of the most savvy social media folks around, smart thinkers, great writers and they type a lot faster than me.
Undaunted, [...]

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Positive Social Media Adrenaline Amps Up Business Events

Reporting live on Day 1 as a featured blogger at the World Business Forum (#wbf09) at Radio City Music hall in NYC. A beautiful day in the Big Apple for a Big Idea business conference.
Bloggers Hub Buzz
Even before the speeches begin one of the event’s unique features is [...]

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Creating this post has inspired me to borrow and slightly change a famous Tom Cruise line from the film, Jerry Maguire. “Show Me The Assets” That will be the focus and lens through which I’ll be creating my blog posts at next week’s World Business Forum. Asset-Based Thinking In Action

The World Business Forum brings together [...]

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This is a new post in a series called Asset Based Thinking In Action. Here’s what this series it’s all about
Celebrating how remarkable people from all walks of life use Asset-Based Thinking  to have an impact and make a difference. ABT lessons learned and how to apply them to your daily life.

We live in a [...]

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It’s great to come across an article that informs, educates and just plain makes you makes you feel good. Ever since Kathy and I published our asset-based thinking book for teens, “Change The Way You See Everything- For TEENS” we have be amazed and inspired by teens putting ABT into action in more ways than [...]

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Last year when Kathy and I were creating our new book, Change The way You See Everything - For TEENS, we had the opportunity to work with some incredible teens all around the country. We came away believing more than ever that Teens have the potential to be our next “Greatest Generation”.
We are passionate believers [...]

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Asset-Based Thinking is infectious and asset-based thinkers just love to tell other people about how ABT has positively influenced their lives. Recently, I have had the honor and privilege to experience two wonderful people putting ABT into practice. Erica Ogrady and Ann Mehl have been kind enough to write to me about how ABT and [...]

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