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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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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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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This week I read a report about students at Mundelein High School outside of Chicago who are experimenting with simplifying their lives. It’s part of an empathy exercise for teens to see and feel what it’s like to go without certain conveniences….in ABTeen terms it’s called “trading places”. These teens made a commitment to go [...]

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