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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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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“A sinister cabal of superior writers.”
This week Technorati’s Blog Crtics published another article I wrote entitled “From the Boardroom To The Barnyard”.  (This is my fifth article )
This latest piece chronicles my journey working with corporate America to The Concept Farm. Writing the article enabled me to put on my asset-based thinking lenses and reflect [...]

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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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I came across a great example of smart, savvy and enlightened Asset-Based Thinking in action in Canada. In this economy advertising agencies have been forced to layoff some very talented creative people. The upside, if there is one, is that agencies are flooded with resumes of excellent talent….unfortunately even agencies that are doing well aren’t [...]

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The marketing communications business has been hit hard by the current economic climate. In some ways it’s a leading indicator industry. Marketing budgets are the first to be cut when there’s weakness and the first to come back on signs of strength. Having been through a few of these in my 40+ year career (did [...]

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