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Peter Sims

Peter Sims

Peter Sims

Peter Sims is an entrepreneur and award-winning author. He is founder of The BLK SHP Enterprises, Inc. (pronounced “black sheep”) with an innovation advisory services arm  called BLK SHP Innovation. His latest book is Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, which grew out of a five-year collaboration with faculty at Stanford’s Institute of Design (the d.school), as well as his previous work in venture capital with Summit Partners, including as part of the team that established Summit’s European Office in London.

The No. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure

Oct 10, 2013 By Peter Sims

Never once in my life until my mid 30s did anyone ever (to the best of my recollection) call me “creative.” But now, I hear it all the time. So what happened?

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Creativity, Design, Failure, Learning, Peter Sims

5 of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes

Oct 3, 2013 By Peter Sims

It’s a great disservice to everyone, especially young people, that the stories that we often hear about the most accomplished entrepreneurs sound so effortless. Despite what we may have read, Steve Jobs was no different. Here are five of Jobs’s greatest mistakes, all of which history shows he ultimately learned from.

Filed Under: Innovation Tagged With: Failure, Innovation, Leadership, Mistakes, Peter Sims

Going from Suck to Non-Suck as a Public Speaker

Sep 26, 2013 By Peter Sims

People often ask me for advice about public speaking, since I do a lot of it. Of course, it’s often reported that people are more afraid of public speaking than death (which is not exactly empirically accurate, but it is close). In my experience, becoming a good public speaker is not a natural skill for anyone.

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Learning, Personal Outlook, Peter Sims, Speaking

What Google (and You) Can Learn from Amazon

Sep 19, 2013 By Peter Sims

Amazon’s strategy and decision-making process starts (and perhaps ends) with improving the customer experience. Every important meeting, project, or initiative at Amazon begins with a discussion of how the ideas will ultimately benefit customers.

Filed Under: Innovation Tagged With: Amazon, Creativity, Google+, Innovation, Peter Sims, Reinvention

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