Is consistency key?

19th-century philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Bezos apparently agrees that consistency is overrated.Bezos - “the smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they'd already solved. They're open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their

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Blitzscaling Microsoft, PayPal and Linkedin

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Greylock Partner and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman share lessons learned from scaling Microsoft, LinkedIn and PayPal. Blitzscaling is the strategy that leading entrepreneurs have implemented to build strong, enduring companies. The techniques allow for startups and incumbents across any industry to scale

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The future of E’learning has arrived

The future of eLearning is surely bright. Here are 6 sensational eLearning trends. 1. Mobile Learning Mobile learning, also known as mLearning, is not simply eLearning on a mobile device. The eLearning content for mLearning is precisely created for mobile devices. This transformation demands skillful Instructional Design

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If you are alive - Your heart rate is not a flat line it is filled with a series of highs and lows..... of High peaks and summits Love and lossUps and downs Twists and turns Successes and failures Happiness and sadnessBoredom and excitement High peaks and summits Pleasure and painSunshine and

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Does culture eat strategy for breakfast

We had a great knowledge share  by the legendary Monica Graham on what’s more important in a business - culture or strategy? - and came up with some interesting insites - or what I call “gems”

What you think about in your business becomes the actions

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What is the BEST Way to Start a Speech⁉️🤔

Great post by the legendary Bobby Umar

http://www.raeallan.com/

Every good speaker has their style 👏🏾

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We also want & need to be unique for our audience

One of the hardest things for any speaker journey is to figure out how to start & how to end a good speech

Over

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5 gems to help you build an Awesome team that Knows likes and trusts each other

Inspired by HBR article “Build Self-Awareness with Help from Your Team” by Audrey Epsteinhttps://hbr.org/2018/08/build-self-awareness-with-help-from-your-team?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=hbrCourtesy of www.bbg.business - during a “BBG KLT Hotseat”A Harvard study showed that 95% of people think that they are self aware - but only 5-15% of people actually are! An important trait of an effective

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Let’s Dance

Great Advice from a Paul!If you've ever wondered how to get through the doors of buyers you need to talk to? Step One: 

Find someone with a key.

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How App Retention is Like Dating and Getting Engaged

Great article and infographic by KC Karnes of Clevertap https://clevertap.com/blog/app-retention-stats/

Mobile app retention continues to plague mobile marketing teams, with the large majority of users abandoning applications within the first month of download. If you have any chance of standing out in a marketplace of millions of apps, your product must solve

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Bain Capital Ventures raises $1b for startups

Bain Capital Ventures raised $1 billion for its newest venture capital funds. 

The new funding includes: – a $650m core fund, – a $250m co-investment fund for larger growth investments, and – over $100m from the partners at Bain Capital.

Led by Ajay Agarwal, managing director, Bain Capital Ventures invests the new funds in early

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A record year for Australian Venture Capital

2018 marks another record year for Venture Capital investment in Australia, fuelling the growth of exciting tech startups with the ecosystem going from strength to strength. At Innovation Bay’s ‘Year in Venture Capital event’, hosted on the stunning roof of Macquarie Bank, some of the industry’s key people

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What are the 3 things Reid Hoffman – founder of Linkedin – looks for when he invests

LinkedIn's co-founder Reid Hoffman took a risk on the networking platform after being told it "would never work."He shared some great insights on CNBC "Starting a company is jumping off a cliff and assembling the airplane on the way down, and what you're realizing after you've

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Does Strategy Eat Culture for Breakfast or Visa Versa

We had a great knowledge share  by the legendary Monica Graham on what’s more important in a business - culture or strategy? - and came up with some interesting insites - or what I call “gems”

Dueing the talk , I was thinking of the well known quote on thoughts and

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The Rise and Fall of the Sharper Image

The Bob Pritchard Column The Sharper Image was where you could purchase an electric nose trimmer, a motorized surfboard, and a bulletproof raincoat, then take a ride in a $1,500 massage chair while being serenaded by a bird-calling robot. This is the story of the man who founded this great kingdom

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6 Elements Of Well Being in a Nutshell

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Take care of your Team

"I quit!"

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