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How to Profit from Great Adventures
The opportunities we strive for manifest themselves in countless ways. Being in business for myself virtually my whole working career, places the responsibility of generating income squarely in my lap. One of the more interesting ways I’ve accomplished this is to develop my own opportunities and watch them grow.
Agility: The New Currency of Growth
Whether you are David and Goliath, Blockbuster and Netflix, the Encyclopedia Britannica and Google, agility is the new currency of growth. There’s more bad news for the heavyweights because even when they LOVE the lumbering giant, the little guy can unwittingly bring him down.
6 Changes Your Business May Need to Make for Success
Businesses need to constantly change and adapt in response to the market, new technologies, and consumer demands. Operating under certain traditional business philosophies can actually stifle growth and increase expenditures.
The Secret Weapon of the Innovator
If you are a successful entrepreneur or intrapraneur, you are probably an “idea guy” or work with one of these dangerously endearing men or women. Let me introduce you to someone who may be the ultimate idea guy to show you why ideas alone are not enough. (And what’s lacking, as you will see, goes far beyond just execution.)
How Many Innovations Are Carefully Planned?
Most innovations come from responding to a customer’s needs, or finding a niche where products need improvement or extension. It is rare to innovate using a blank sheet of paper in a room with bare walls and no other contributors.
Gather the Support You’ll Need as Your Business Grows
Change happens. Finding or creating the support you need for a changing business can be daunting, but if you establish a steady support system at home, recognize your own shortcomings, and remain flexible, it’s much easier.
Are You Measuring What Matters?
In my later years with the Vikings, we measured and studied the criteria of a successful offense, and it made a huge impact on our team. And believe it or not, we did it by applying lessons I learned on the factory floors of the textile mills of South Carolina and Georgia.
Adaptability the Key to Long-Term Survival
One thing we can be certain about is that nothing is certain—no matter how much we plan. While planning is critical and necessary, no plan is a guarantee.