Everything is Exponential

The concept of exponential growth, illustrated by a chessboard with exponential growing heaps of rice grains, legendary metaphor of unlimited growth

Anyone who has seen me speak might get the sense that I’m obsessed with exponential curves. I spend a fair bit of my stage time exploring what exponential change looks like and asking my audiences to consider how exponential thinking might take root in their own businesses. My main prop during this portion of my […]

Love Your Haters Redux (2007)

Marketing tip: love your haters

Every now and then, I stumble upon a timeless concept that remains relevant for years after I first blogged about it. The idea of loving your haters is one of those concepts. So with Valentine’s Day just around the corner and social media guru Jay Baer’s similarly themed Hug Your Haters on shelves in a […]

50 Questions to Spark Strategic Innovation

I believe that strategy is change and I know that change can be hard — but getting started shouldn’t be. You just need to be willing to ask the right kinds of questions, the answers to which will prompt you to reimagine every area of your business — from your value proposition to your product […]