Isn’t it beautiful?

One of my favorite leaders, Karen Waldron, collaborated to design this poster to support her work changing how women and girls perceive themselves. Post a comment on her blog for a chance to win the poster and a copy of her delicious book, The Beauty of Different. (read more…)

For many, Martin Luther King Day is just another day off, but President O’Bama has led the way to make it a day of service and my favorite chef is leading the way one project…  Read more at MarcusSamuelsson.com.

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Stacy L. Fode, partner at Brown Law Group and others share how to take a mult-faceted (or PolyD) approach to successfully manage your career and family challenges when nearing the top .   How to Thwart a Midlife Derailment. (read more…)

“What made Steve Jobs innovative?” The authors of the new book, The Innovator’s DNA identify “PolyDimensional methods used by top innovators. Unlike real DNA which we are born with, this code is behavioral and although unseen, may be developed by anyone. “…skills include associating, observing, questioning, experimenting and networking.”

Innovators DNA provides discovery tools to access the unseen aspects of innovation. ‘Question Storming’, for example, is a method of asking question about a problem before concentrating on a solution. Another trick, called ‘the five whys’ requires that, when confronted with a problem, you ask ‘why’ five times to discover different causal chains. And to have an innovative company, say the authors, takes an innovative leader. Read more at the Ontario Business Journal. (read more…)