Innovators and Early Adopters — are visionaries. They want revolutionary change, something that sets them apart qualitatively from their competitors. They are willing to take enormous risks. The early majority by contrast, have to worry about any change fitting into their complex arrangement of suppliers and distributors. “If the goal of visionaries is to make …
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Management, the Demise of Leadership [An Excerpt]
One critical mistake that most organisations make is that their leaders usually just deteriorate into managers. This means that leaders get more concerned about maintaining the status quo and, as long as nothing much is changing in the organisation, they behave like the proverbial ostrich and prefer to believe that the situation with the market …
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Making Vision Stick [Excerpt]
I consider myself an avid reader. I also try to read very broadly to help me grow. I read books, blogs and tweets from people that don’t think like me. The excerpt below is from Andy Stanley’s book on vision, “Making Vision Stick“. An easy read that highlights the importance of keep vision out in …
The Artist’s Life [Excerpt]
Are you a born writer? Were you born on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don’t do it. It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or write …
St Thomas Aquinas’ Prayer
One’s prayer life is often a great indicator of how their walk is. Shallow relationship with God is often a product of a lack of prayer. Intimacy with God is often a product of prayer. The quality of prayers (for a lack of a better terms) is indicative of where we are in our walk …